Future Home of the Living God

by

Louise Erdrich

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The Nurse Character Analysis

The nurse who takes care of Cedar during her ultrasound appointment and encourages her to talk to her birth mother about possible genetic conditions that run in the family. She looks amused when Cedar reveals that her overtly indigenous-sounding name, Cedar Hawk Songmaker, was given to her by her white liberal adoptive parents.
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The Nurse Character Timeline in Future Home of the Living God

The timeline below shows where the character The Nurse appears in Future Home of the Living God. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Future Home of the Living God
Isolation vs. Interconnectedness with Family Theme Icon
Non-Belonging and Forging Individual Identity Theme Icon
A nurse, who is “probably Vietnamese” but has a distinctive Minnesota accent, asks the narrator several questions... (full context)
Isolation vs. Interconnectedness with Family Theme Icon
Non-Belonging and Forging Individual Identity Theme Icon
The nurse compliments the narrator, Cedar Hawk Songmaker, on her name, asking if she got the name... (full context)
Isolation vs. Interconnectedness with Family Theme Icon
Cedar promises the nurse that she will contact her birth mother, but the question has clearly left her unsettled.... (full context)