Theme Of Love Medicine

There are cultural significances to the idea of “love medicine” and how the idea of love comes in different packages. In addition to these cultural images, the significance of “love medicine” can be seen between many separate characters within the novel, however I am going to focus on the following sets of characters: June and Gordie Kashpaw then Lulu Nanapush, Nector Kashpaw (and Marie Lazarre).
Gordie and June June 's one-night stands are described throughout the book, while at the same time, readers learn there were many people who loved her. Gordie and June are cousins who grew up together, they were inseparable, told each other everything, hunted together and the best of friends (208). As they grew older, against the wishes of the family, they ran off to get married (262). AFter they were married, they had a child named King, and throughout King’s childhood, June was known

Lipshaw Morrissey teaches us that the actual power of love medicine was not the ingredients that made it, but having faith the cure worked (242). All of the feelings of love in this novel succeed in pulling those involved together, whether there were hardships, loss, or other disadvantages. In the end, it is the pure and true love that overcomes all other life obstacles and brings the people back to each other. It is my own understanding that the idea of "love medicine" is the idea there is hope in the world that will heal the wounds that have been inflicted on these intertwined families. The stories do not only speak of the relationships between these characters, but they also relate to social aspects of the Native American culture that fragments individual and the society, for which healing is historically crucial. These social issues include the lures of the colonized “white man 's world” as well as substance abuse, government control, the harshness of the prison system, and organized