

Therefore, illness not only can be used by the writers to demonstrate the world and express their intentions, but also can be used by people to interpret the society and writers’ creation consciousness.

Illness has a long history whose origin and development are deeply endowed with metaphorical meanings penetrated into all fields of human society with the change of people’s thoughts. Illness in literature is not a simple medical phenomenon of physical discomfort. Illness As Metaphor In Louise Erdrich’s Tracks
