Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Thinking about "The Way to Rainy Mountain" by N. Scoot Momaday

In The Way to Rainy Mountain analyzes personal feeling about Kiowa Indian history. The author does a meticulous description around his personal memories of Kiowa culture and traditions. Also, he presents the tribal stories when his grandmother was a child and explains how it is on contemporary time. Therefore the author revokes his ancestors in order to generate an impression of the tribes’ life. In other words, he narrates the way of life of his descendants. This description is a remarkable, cultural and historical study of the Kiowa Indians. He refers to the Indian religious rituals, their legends, and their reverence for the sun. Aho, his grandmother took part in the sun dances. In these ways, the author combines the history, his beliefs, and his costume’s ancestors. Revealing his own emotional he links to Rainy Mountain and the Kiowa anecdotes.

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