"The Red Convertible"

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This paper examines "The Red Convertible", a story of two Native American brothers, Henry and Lyman, both of whom share a deep bond and a very close relationship before things start falling apart. It looks at how, in the story, the most important object for interpretation is the red convertible. It analyzes how the color red also holds special significance and is used as a symbol of death and destruction and how it is extremely important to understand the significance of such things and symbols because they convey certain important messages and foreshadow the tragic ending of the story.

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"Lyman and Henry are two brothers who develop a deep bond when they purchase a Red Convertible. It is important to remember that the story is written in first person, which means that we get to know more about Lyman and his emotions than we do about Henry. But the author has tried to offer a deeper insight into the character of Henry by means of the Red Convertible that he purchases. Throughout the story, the journey of the Red Convertible becomes the life story of Henry and everything that it represents is somehow associated with Henry and his changing condition. In the beginning when the two brothers first see the car, they fee, "Really as if it was alive. I thought of the word repose, because the car wasn't simply stopped, parked, or whatever. That car reposed, calm and gleaming"(144). This is exactly the condition or mental state of Henry who is calm and happy and is delighted to see this car."

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