The framework for the stories suggests Sherwood Anderson's Winesburg, Ohio and Anderson's narrator, George Willard. Unlike Winesburg, Ohio, with its more somber tone and its "grotesques," Kinsella's stories, because of their humor, are lighter and more entertaining to read. Yet, both Winesburg, Ohio and Kinsella's Cree Indian stories are basically about the encroachment of civilization and what happens when worlds collide. In addition, eighteenyear-old Silas Ermineskin recalls his two famous narrator-predecessors: Huck Finn and Holden Caulfield. Interestingly enough, although older than Huck, Silas, because he is an Indian and despite his attending school, is closer to Huck's primitive state; although older than Holden, Silas, again because he is an Indian, is not as worldly wise or sophisticated as Holden. Huck, Holden, and Silas are basically concerned, however, with understanding the world and determining their place within it, and all three experience both good and evil. Similar...