Love Medicine Race Quotes

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Quote #4

She started after him. Party because she didn't know what she was looking for, partly because he was a soldier like her father, and partly because he could have been an Indian, she followed. (9.1.12).

When Albertine ends up in Fargo after running away, she finds comfort in finding a familiar face—that is, one that is potentially Native American.

Quote #5

She was tall, strong, twice the size of most Vietnamese. It had been a long time since he'd seen any Indian women, even a breed. He had been a soldier, was now a veteran, had seen nine months of combat in the Annamese Cordillera before the NVA captured him somewhere near Pleiku. They kept him half a year. He was released after an honorable peace was not achieved, after the evacuation. (9.1.18)

Henry Junior, too, is intrigued by Albertine because she appears to be Native American. He's already comparing her to the Vietnamese people he'd seen during his war service, which is important to remember for later in the chapter…

Quote #6

She looked at him. They had used a bayonet. She was out of her mind. You, me, same. Same. She pointed to her eyes and his eyes. The Asian, folded eyes of some Chippewas. She was hemorrhaging. (9.1.63)

When Henry Junior takes Albertine to a hotel, he starts to have flashbacks to his wartime experience. During this incident, he remembers a woman over there who had compared her eyes to his, suggesting that they were similar while begging Henry to show mercy and help her out. We're guessing the strategy didn't work.