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Beverly Lamartine
Lulu and Beverly’s son and brother to Lyman and Gerry. Henry, Jr. is named for Lulu’s second husband, Henry, and he was born just nine months after Henry’s death. Like all of Lulu’s sons, Henry, Jr. is not Henry’s son, but is the son of Henry’s brother, Beverly. Henry, Jr. and Lyman by a red Oldsmobile convertible together, and they drive all the way to Alaska before Henry, Jr. is sent to Vietnam, where he is captured as a prisoner of war. After the war, Henry, Jr. comes home a scarred and broken man. He is angry and withdrawn, but he spends a few precious days bonding with Lyman over their Oldsmobile before walking into the Red River and drowning himself. The character of Henry, Jr. represents the trauma of war and the toll such a struggle can take on returning soldiers.
Henry Lamartine, Jr. Quotes in Love Medicine
The Love Medicine quotes below are all either spoken by Henry Lamartine, Jr. or refer to Henry Lamartine, Jr.. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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The Red Convertible
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One night Henry was off somewhere. I took myself a hammer. I went out to that car and 1 did a number on its underside. Whacked it up. Bent the tail pipe double. Ripped the muffler loose. By the time 1 was done with the car it looked worse than any typical Indian car that has been driven all its life on reservation roads, which they always say are like government promises—full of holes. It just about hurt me. I’ll tell you that! I threw dirt in the carburetor and I ripped all the electric tape off the seats. I made it look just as beat-up as I could. Then I sat back and waited for Henry to find it.
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Henry Lamartine, Jr. Quotes in Love Medicine
The Love Medicine quotes below are all either spoken by Henry Lamartine, Jr. or refer to Henry Lamartine, Jr.. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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The Red Convertible
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One night Henry was off somewhere. I took myself a hammer. I went out to that car and 1 did a number on its underside. Whacked it up. Bent the tail pipe double. Ripped the muffler loose. By the time 1 was done with the car it looked worse than any typical Indian car that has been driven all its life on reservation roads, which they always say are like government promises—full of holes. It just about hurt me. I’ll tell you that! I threw dirt in the carburetor and I ripped all the electric tape off the seats. I made it look just as beat-up as I could. Then I sat back and waited for Henry to find it.
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