Pauline"s obsessive behavior becomes more evident when she"s in Argus with Fleur. "Since that night (in Argus), [Fleur] puts me in the closet, I was no longer jealous or afraid of her, but follow her close as Russell (Pauline"s cousin), closer, stayed with her, became her moving shadow that the men never noticed." (22).

             Therefore, in these two chapters both narrators set the stage for telling their stories on their account of Fleur. Not only does Fleur "starts off" the novel, she also "ends" the novel with the climax of her standoff with the Turcot Company at Matchimanito. The unsuspecting lumbermen frightened by the mysterious falling of the trees around them while Fleur smiles on knowing that she is the catalyst of the falling trees. .

             With the importance of Fleur throughout "Tracks", she can be symbolized as being the nucleus of an atom. Fleur, being the nucleus while the two narrators are like protons and electrons orbiting around Fleur. Without the nucleus of an atom, there wouldn"t be an atom; just as if there were no Fleur, the two narrators wouldn"t have someone to focus on. On the other hand, if the atom were missing some electrons or protons, there would be an imbalance, but there would still be some form of an atom. In other words, each narrator"s story can be considered a separate entity. It might not be as complete if the two stories were together, but because each story has a subject, a motivation and a conclusion. It can "survive " on its own. But, because of Fleur"s importance in both stories, she cannot be excluded from either story without afflicting it detrimentally. If we relate this to the novel and eliminate Pauline and her story, we still have Nanapush telling the history of Fleur and the Chippewa"s to Lulu. However, what is the significance of Nanapush telling Lulu about the history of both her tribe and her mother? .