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Laughing Boy Essay

“Any married couple, no matter how perfect the match, will undergo a critical period of strain, and these two were no exception.” (La Farge, pg 137) In the book Laughing Boy by Oliver La Farge, Laughing Boy and Slim Girl struggle to stay together as they encounter many barriers. The main issue that they must overcome is the fact that although they are both Navajo Indians, society doesn’t see Slim Girl as one because she was raised by a preacher. The preacher placed her in public schools and tried to raise her as an American rather than Indian. Slim Girl also has a secret past that isn’t all that secret since the Navajo society knows about it, but Laughing boy doesn’t. This secret past makes Slim girl have another issue with American men. She must have revenge against them.
Slim Girl’s issue with the Navajos began when she was a young child sent off to an American school. It was named Wide Water. She was sent there because her parents saw that she had learned a...

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