Education Of Little Tree Analysis

Forrest Carter’s novel “The Education of Little Tree”, tells of a young boy and his adventures with his Native American grandparents. Little Tree, the main character, was 5 years old when his parents past away and his grandparents took him in. His grandfather is half Indian and half Scottish, while his grandmother is full Indian and they live in a small cabin out in the wilderness on a mountain. The story is about Little Tree learning his heritage, surviving in the wilderness, and his grandfather’s ways of trading.

This story is also is also about of loss, sadness, and hope for a brighte future and what happens after physical death. The story begins with an introduction of Little Tree’s grandma and grandpa and other characters that appear time to time throughout the story. The grandfather Wales, as he is called later in the book, is the one who acts as a father figure, a teacher, and a guidance for Little Tree. The grandfather is half Scottish, half Indian by descent. He is over seven feet tall and about seventy years old. Little Tree listens and learns all he can from his grandfather. Grandfather Wales is a devoted man to his Cherokee side of his heritage. He does everything an Indian does and believes in. Little Tree’s grandmother’s heritage is Cherokee Indian. As an individual, she is a a bit short and is just about the same age as her husband. Since she is full Cherokee, she does all the same things the Cherokee women does. She knows all about nature, just like her husband, Wales. She is a very good cook, and uses all natural ingredients, like berries and wild meat product that Little Tree and his grandfather would pick and hunt.

Wales was the only one who makes money for the family, and it was a decent source of income for ...

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... how to survive in the wilderness, and how homemade whiskey make-and-trade business works with his grandfather, but this is also a story of loss, sadness, and optimism to the future and what happens after physical death.

It relates to the course by showing that parenting and education is important. It is sad that Little Tree got caught by lawmen and was sentenced to part from his grandparents and they did not have Mr Wine to back them up to save Little Tree. It is even worse that Little Tree was taken in to orphanage and had to suffer the abuse from Priest and teachers when they were suppose to teach him and not hurt him like he is some kind of object. I don't think I ever want to be in a system that would beat up kids and blames the grandparents or relatives for not giving a proper education, when they were not giving a proper education to Little Tree themselves.