Why I loved Green Grass Running Water
Green Grass Running Water (GGRW) is a novel by Thomas King that I was introduced to in my 11th-grade IB English class, which has stuck with me ever since reading it. The novel is set in a small town called Blossom and the characters surrounding it. GGRW is based on many Native American folklore and origin stories and includes many allusions and references to pop culture and Christian religious stories. I adored this novel because there were so many different references to discover when re-reading the novel. Also, Thomas King is incredibly funny. In this post, I will only go over 3 of my favorite elements of this novel: the entirety of Coyote as a character, the representation of Native folklore and colonial Christian stories, and the Alberta-Lionel-Charlie love triangle and all it represents. To begin, Coyote is a trickster character that King uses in many of his novels, but in GGRW, Coyote is used as a bridge from traditional culture to the moder...