Skunk Dreams

When I first started reading this article written by Louise Erdrich, I really got into it because I thought that she was telling a story about something that happened to her, which she was. But the more I read the more distant I became with the article because I felt like Erdrich was drifting away from the story. Later in the article Erdrich mentioned a fence and elk on the other side of the run-down, multiple wired fence. When she did, I thought, Where in the world is this article going? Erdrich had talked more about the fenced-in area, stating that the nature, the animals inside were only there for the hunters to have fun, which saddened Erdrich as well as me. I don't think that wild animals should be used for that purpose--brought in from other areas or captured only to stay there til they are hunted, although at least they had 25,000 acres to roam free, so to speak. At the end of the article Erdrich had gone back to the skunk and stated how skunks are free wherever they are. They cannot be captured, and when threatened, they do not hesitate; they simply turn around and unleash their powers. Erdrich had also said that if she could choose any animal, she would be a skunk. When I was little, my friends and I would talk about our favorite animals and how we would want to be a dog or cat. But when Erdrich had stated that if she had to pick she would be a skunk beacuse they are independent as well as free, I would want to be a skunk as well; as crazy as that sounds.