Book Analysis “Love Medicine” Essay Example

This is when the love potion I introduced; it is implied that this love medicine will keep Grandpa Kashpaw from going astray and essentially, let their love last forever. And so Lipsha goes out on the hunt for an appropriate medicine for the elderly pair. He eventually comes across a pair of geese, which mate for life, and though he tries hard, he fails to capture them. Lipsha then takes “an evil shortcut” and buys the heart of two frozen geese to feed to Grandma and Grandpa Kashpaw. In the end, Grandpa Kashpaw hokes on the goose heart, causing Lipsha to believe that his shortcut was the reasons for his death, and Grandma Kashpaw is left alone, with no one except Lipsha.

Ultimately Lipsha tells his grandmother the truth about the geese and he is convinced that his grandfather is watching over him. This short story can be considered a drama or in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes such as religion, society, One of Lipsha’s first characteristics presented is his lack of education.

Though he may or may not have had a formal education, it is obvious that his use of verbs, among other things, is elementary at best. “As for him, if it was just the thoughts there wouldn’t be no problem” says Lipsha about Grandpa Kashpaw. “And you got no more whoopee to pitch anymore anyhow! ” says Grandma Kashpaw. As a reader we can tell that Lipsha was born into a less than educated household, and that what he learned came from his grandparents. We can tell from reading this story that Lipsha has a very poetic train of thought.