Montana_1948

Montana 1948 Society has many quirks, which are amplified when individual cases are examined. People’s lives have many hidden facets, not seen by the rest of the community, often purposely hidden. While this may be done in order to make an individual or family seem more “presentable” to the rest of the population, these “public lies,” as they are called by David Huddle, perpetuate even more, until almost everyone has some sort of hidden aspect of their life. Not everyone is as perfect as they make it seem, but because they make themselves seem faultless, they make others feel inadequate and be self conscious about their faults. More defects are then covered up, leading to more dishonesty in society. In the novel Montana 1948 by Larry Watson, the life of a seemingly perfect family is thrown into chaos by the actions of a family member. David Hayden, the main character of the novel, is forced to grow up within a very short amount of time, when his uncle, Frank, is accused of molesting the local Native American girls, while giving them medical examinations. The accusations are not made public, but to Frank’s brother Wesley—David’s father—who is the sheriff of the small town family, david, society, make, about, life, wesley, watson, seem, public, people, montana, lie, himself, frank, very, perfect, others, order, mr, hicks, everyone, doesn’t, brother, world, while, view, town, thought, something, rest, one, novel, lives, led, keep