“I Think You Should Be Destroyed”: The Climax of The Round House as Informed by Star Trek: TNG

(A conference paper I wrote for a class last semester, one that helped me process the climax of Louise Erdrich's National Book Award-winning novel "The Round House," and as such may perhaps help other readers come to grips with it, too).  
*Warning: Heavy Spoilers Below*


     “Be careful, liberal-minded reader!” reads the end of the Maria Russo’s New York Times review of Louis Erdrich’s The Round House, “In Erdrich’s hands, you may find yourself, as I did, embracing the...