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An Analysis Of Robert Lake's 'Caught Between Worlds'

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This passage upsets me for numerous reasons. One of the things that upset me about “Caught between worlds” by Robert Lake; racism is still an issue in our developing society. Robert Lake or also known as Medicine Grizzly Bear has seen growing disinterest between his son and their culture. This has changed his son's way of viewing things and changed his personality in a way. Wind Wolf doesn’t participate in most activities and isn’t as enthusiastic as he used to be,”Now he refuses to sing his native songs, play with his Indian artifacts, learn his language, or participate in his sacred ceremonies. When I ask him to go to an urban powwow or help me with a sacred sweat-lodge ritual, he says no because "that's weird" and he doesn't want his friends at school to think he doesn't believe in God.” This affects Wind Wolf’s new life because he deals with discrimination which affected how he looked at his culture and himself. …show more content…

His new life among “normal people” has made him feel different and weird. For example, in that one passage where he makes new friends from school, but is not allowed to go over and play because his new friend's parents are racists. As shown on page 126,”It is OK if you have to play with him at school, but we don’t allow those kind of people in our house!” Not only racism is shown out of school, but in school as well. This creates the feeling of loneliness and convinces the child that he's not good enough and creates distance between the child and his love for his

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