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Windigo
By Louise Erdrich
Brendan Mullins and Morgan Whapeles
Per.4
Overview
Pretty creepy, seems to be in first person. Last stanzas seem to have the person being "taken over". Tells of someone, presumably a child, being kidnapped by the "windigo."
Parts of Speech
Personification- giving the inanimate objects-such as bushes-human characteristics. "in the hackles of dry brush a thin laughter stirred up"
Simile- comparing bead bushes to the spines of dead fish "spread like the cleans spines of fish."
Imagery- The setting that the narrator describes gives an eerie feel to the story, with dry bush, raw wood, wintry arms
Title
The title, Windigo, is a title that can invoke dread and fear into the hearts of those who know what this terrifying being is.
Interrelationships
The connected feeling of horror begins in the title. Windigo. Fear. With further reading, a feeling of being watched.
Conclusion and Message
In our opinion, this poem can be taken in two ways, just a retelling of an old Native American tale or as a telling of dark emotions taking over your body.