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About the Author

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Since his death in 1997, Michael Dorris’s life has been the subject of many articles, conjectures, and controversies. What one discovers in reading the range […]

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Overview

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A Yellow Raft in Blue Water, published as adult fiction but appropriate for and accessible to young adults, is divided into three sections, each titled […]

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Setting

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One of Michael Dorris’s strengths is to create settings that pull readers into the story, constructing detailed landscapes that serve a much greater purpose than […]

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Themes and Characters

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Establishing distinct, realistic characters is at the center of Michael Dorris’s approach to writing fiction, and the themes of this novel are revealed in the […]

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Literary Qualities

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A skilled storyteller, Dorris effectively uses literary techniques associated with oral tradition in A Yellow Raft in Blue Water: strong narrative voice, vivid imagery, figurative […]

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Social Sensitivity

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Dorris introduces a number of issues in A Yellow Raft in Blue Water that reveal his understanding of complex social situations. The non-Indian characters are […]

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Topics for Discussion

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1. What conflicts and bonds between mothers and daughters are evident from the first scene of this novel? How are these conflicts developed? In what […]

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Ideas for Reports and Papers

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1. Using the Internet and print sources, find out as much about Montana as possible: pictures, maps, geography, cultural and historical sites. How has the […]