Sunday, January 9, 2011

Ties to the land in The Way to Rainy Mountain

The entire essay emphasizes the theme of journey, the young man's journey to his grandmother's grave. The grandmother use to always tell the young man stories about a journey, one she never took. She told it from memories of stories people had told her.The Kiowa people have an important journey, one that is long and hard. But despite these obstacles, they learn new skills and become stronger through the journey.Every journey told in the story ends at Rain Mountain, as depicted in the title. The young man made it to his grandmothers grave.
I really did enjoy this story. I like reading stories about people's journeys, where they start at one point and must work to the place they would like to go.

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