Linda, like so many other characters/tropes, is a misfit in the Land of Misfit Toys. She does not understand Native culture, nor does she try to. She simply sleeps with every man on the reservation, and then wonders why the woman hit her.
And John is the one who suffers for it. He's the one who takes the brunt of the mother's promiscuity, and he's the one who is constantly picked on for being different.
I like Huxley's reference to Miranda from The Tempest because it absolutely fits in this situation.
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