Native American Literature and FilmsApril 22, 2014Social Injustice in RoundhouseLife for Native Americans on reservations has never been easy. There are many struggles that most outsiders are completely unaware of. In her book The Roundhouse, Louise Erdrich brings these problems to light. He gives his readers an idea of ​​what it's like to be Native American by illustrating the struggles in the life of Joe, a 13-year-old Native American boy living on a reservation in North Dakota. This book explores a path of defense against social injustices. The most obvious situation Joe suffers from is figuring out how to deal with the injustice committed against his mother, which has caused conflict within his entire family and within himself. The book opens with "small trees had attached my parents' house to the foundation." (Erdrich 4) The initial conflict in this story is that Joe's mother, Geraldine, is raped. This event becomes the seed of all the other problems that emerge in the story. It is harmful to the foundation of their family. The opening line is the largest metap...