"Love Medicine" and the Theme of Food

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This paper claims that there is a connection between food and conflict in the novel, then supports the claim with evidence from the book and personal analysis and interpretation. Food is a very important element in "Love Medicine" and much of the food references in the novel also revolve around conflict, which is a central theme in the novel. The writer shows how food and conflict often go hand in hand in "real" life, and the characters in the novel rely on food when times get tough.

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""Love Medicine" is an interesting novel that blends cultures, thoughts, and the beauty of the land into a haunting novel that is difficult to put down. The novel opens with June, and an image of colored Easter eggs in a bar. They represent June's conflict within herself, and her pull toward home, but a home that holds nothing for her. She is hungry for food, but she is hungrier to find herself, and she cannot, which is why she simply walks "home" after the encounter in the truck. June is like many Native Americans, caught between two worlds and really at home in neither."

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