A Yellow Raft in Blue Water: A Novel

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Summary: Thoughts on A Yellow Raft In Blue Water
Review: A Yellow Raft In Blue Water by Michael Dorris was an exellent book. It explored many subjects such as teenage life and how hard it is to grow up without a support system, death and regret, it even talked about adultery, and having to deal with other people's mistakes. There were many themes in this book. The main ones were isolation, love, betrayal, and forgiveness. This book moves backwards through time telling the stories of three lives. Rayona narrates the first part of the book. In this section she talks about her loneliness mostly. Christine is Rayona's mother. She shares her regret and her feeling of lonliness in the second part of the book. The last part of the book is narrated by Ida who is Christine's mother. This part talks about betrayal and loneliness again. Throughout the book the reader can see the love that each character has for one another. Without the hardships, none of the characters would be as strong as they are now. They made each other strong. Each character kept on living because of the other ones. I thought this was an exellent book. It touched my emotions and made me put myself in other people's shoes. I would recommend to anyone who can read.

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Summary: yellow raft
Review: Yello Raft in Blue Water takes place on a Native American reservation in Montana and explores the lives of three women:Rayona, Christine, and Ida. Ida is the mother of Rayona and the grandmother of Rayona. The book is divided into three sections, one for Rayona's life, one for Christine's life and one for Ida's life. This technique really make the book interesting and more exciting to read because you wonder why characters are acting the way they are or why a situation is the way it is and Michael Dorris journeys back in time and provides the reader with history from the character's prospective. This keeps the reader involved in the story whl the plot moves quickly. The book explores true family love eventhough it isn't always visible to an outsider. Most people would wonder why Christine and Elgin have stayed married for so many years when half of the time they don't life together, but once you see it from their perspective you realize that it's a relationship that they can't live without. Dorris realistically illustrates a love/hate relationship that the couple always has to fall back on. This is important to the story because it gives insight into why Christine has so many problems and why Rayona is exceptionally independant. This book epxresses th generation gap that occurs in today's society. One generation thinks that the other could never understand what they're going through whil the older generation has had a long hard life but sometime decides to keep their stories secret. Ida and Christine had a difficult time understanding each other, which contributed to a strained relationship between Chistine and Rayona. Michael Dorris has writtena wonderful book that really captures your imagination and pulls you into it. I would reccomend this book to anyone and everyone.

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Summary: Inner You
Review: A Yellow Raft In Blue Water was a very heart compelling story.The novel consists of three different stories about each women andwhat happened to them in their life all tied together. This story was a was written in a unque style; I've never read a book like this. I love the way the writer portrayed each character with each themes in the book, like love and lonleness, and in another way the themes sort of tied the stories together as wel as the ending. The language in the book was blunt. Whatever the berson thought or said was written that way, even if there was some profanity, but the language he used was very much like the language we use today. I highly reacomend it to any one my age or older, because almost any one can relate to the themes that run throught the book. The book also makes you think about what's going on in your life and who you rally are. If you've ever had to deal with love, loneliness or the lost fo aloved one, then this is a book for you because you can relate to it and know what they are going throught, so the book is more sentimental to you then it already is.

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Summary: LOVED IT!
Review: This was an exelent book. It was well written and it really makes you feel like you are there with the charactors. I liked the book so much I read it again. I think every one would enjoy this book.

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Summary: Text in relation to Author
Review: I read this book four years ago in my Eng4 AP class and loved it. However, after reading Morning Girl, also by Dorris, in a college Children's Lit course and learning a bit about his personal life, it leads me to belive that there is a direct connection between the author and his text. This should not play a part in how one appreciates the language, but rather how one reflects on the content. It provides a different view of what is happening in the text and I think it is important to concider that view. Overall, my advice is to read the book, resurch the author and then read the book again! :)

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Summary: A Work Of Art!
Review: I read this book in my Mult-Literature Class. I must say, I found it hard to put down. I loved how Michael Dorris got you into the minds of the characters. He would show how one persons point of view is different from the other ones point of view. It was really great! It's about 3 generations of women, who go through the good times and bad times, too... and really come together in the end. I loved it!

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Summary: Read it
Review: I love to read and found myself unable to put this book down. I thought it was wonderful, one of the best books I have ever read. I would like him to write a sequel and continue their lives into the future.

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Summary: ADEQUATE- BARELY...
Review: This novel was highly descriptive, and yet I was not impressed. However, this might be due to the fact that I read this after the superior "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou and "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison (hail Princeton alumni).

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Summary: A great novel for anyone!
Review: I read this book for my Modern Novels class. It was one of the best. Through the use of symbols which is common in all modern novels things are revealed that might not have been brought to my attention if they were presented in some other way. The characters were well defined and interesting in the way that their story was presented I recommend this book to everyone!

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Summary: A Good read for Mothers and Daughters
Review: This book is wonderful. I just finished reading it yesterday, and I hated it to end. The story focuses on Rayona, Rayona's mother Christine, and Christine's mother Ida. The same story is basically retold from all 3 women's POV. This book shows us how important communication is with in our lives; not just for our benifit, but for the benifit of others. This story shows 3 women changing as they retell whay has happened to them and realize their own mistakes along the way. It is a story full of suprises and you hate to see it end. This is a definate read for mothers who don't understand their daughters, and daughters who don't undersatnd their mothers. If both read this book, they might easliy find that their "misunderstandings" are mearly lacks in communication. But watch out guys, this is a definite "chick flick".