What is your understanding of the final metaphor of disease in Louise Erdrich’s “Dear John Wayne,” and the poem’s message/s about power? .

What is your understanding of the final metaphor of disease in Louise Erdrich’s “Dear John

Wayne,” and the poem’s message/s about power? Discuss how Erdrich uses figures of speech—

especially metaphors, motifs and symbols—to communicate its message. Explain your answer

and support it by quoting and analyzing specific details/words from the poem.