Pauline, who longs to be white, displaces this want onto her fascination and disgust with Fleur who she thinks of as an untamed, perilous woman. She believes that Fleur’s mystic powers represent temptations from the devil, pitting her against Christ and leading Pauline to think that she must destroy the Ojibwa culture. She is continually trying to show Fleur in bad situations such as her mystical powers in the poker game leading to her gang rape and the miscarriage of her second baby, in hope of destroying Fleur’s power, making it so that she can complete her mission in converting the Chippewa to
Pauline, who longs to be white, displaces this want onto her fascination and disgust with Fleur who she thinks of as an untamed, perilous woman. She believes that Fleur’s mystic powers represent temptations from the devil, pitting her against Christ and leading Pauline to think that she must destroy the Ojibwa culture. She is continually trying to show Fleur in bad situations such as her mystical powers in the poker game leading to her gang rape and the miscarriage of her second baby, in hope of destroying Fleur’s power, making it so that she can complete her mission in converting the Chippewa to