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Summary Of The Play 'God And The Indian' By Drew Hayden Taylor

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The two characters in the play God and the Indian by Drew Hayden Taylor have characteristics that were both similar and different and also unique to their characters. The two characters in the book have a lot of different characteristics. Johnny is crazy within the context of the story in several ways. One of these ways are when she puts the gun up to her head when and states that she could shoot herself ¨I could just shoot myself … that would solve the problem just as easy¨(Taylor 46). This is an example that she is crazy because she is putting her life in danger and she is not even worried. Someone should never be pushed as far as they do not value their life. She was also really demanding. This is shown a few times throughout the book

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