N. Scott Momaday: Oral Tradition

Ruth is really hard to like especially when we as reader see what's really going on with Dawn and what she's going through. Ruth always turns to Barbra thinking that one of these times something will change. I really think that that's a bad idea and she shouldn't do that. If i were Ruth and i kept getting nervous calls concerning a child i would try to do so much more than give the mother another chance. Dawn almost killed herself because of her mother not being there for her and loving her like normal parents would do for their children.

The acclaimed Canadian author Joseph Boyden is often praised for providing an insightful look into Indigenous culture and history through his debut, Three Day Road. While the novel does explore the haunting memories of an Indigenous soldier, it also tackles concepts about storytelling and the power of words. Consequently, this essay investigates the question; How does Joseph Boyden use literary devices and narrative structure in Three Day Road to illustrate the power of stories and language? The novel serves as an examination of the power of words and the different roles they play in communication, one’s identity, supernatural events or healing. Boyden employs a unique circular narrative style to create contrasts and emphasize how each character

I chose this theme because, in the book, passing traditions on is a major part of the characters’ culture. Passing traditions on is a practice that is important to many cultures and it effectively connects generations of people through experiences and stories. A quote from the book that demonstrates the theme, shows a character 's viewpoint of passing traditions on. “‘These are the beliefs of our Ojibway people. We sustain the beliefs, and the beliefs sustain us.

Basso gets the readers involved through his book, and shows the important of how history needs to be passed down from generation to generation. Basso named his book exactly right because wisdom does sit in places, and you just have to have the knowledge to tap into that wisdom. This wisdom is passed down from generation and each generation can add their own story for the next. To even say that wisdom sits in places is a powerful saying because you can tap into that wisdom to better yourself morally, or find a sense of place. The idea that wisdom sits in places in a profound saying that explains itself, because it means so much in just one saying.

Alexie is also a Native American who describes his own writing as “very personal and autobiographical” (Nygren, “A World of Story” 298). His personal life and experiences contribute to the authenticity of the characters represented in this story. Knowing the author shares the same culture and environment as a reader, puts the characters in a different perspective. One may question, are Victor or Thomas’s characteristics, or perhaps a little of both, a reflection of Alexie and his personality? None the less, the author having personal experience and perspective in creating these characters contributes to the story by giving it more depth and meaning.

Identifying with a single group is often just a part of one’s true identity, and in literature, there are many different. Identity is a major theme that … In the Coen Brother’s film, Miller’s Crossing, there are several examples of true identity. Both Miller’s Crossing and Legs reveal how one’s identity may periodically appear to change, but one’s true identity can not change. Most notably, Kennedy and the Coen Brothers depict this individual aspect through a particular symbol that is identifiable with the protagonists. In the novel, Legs, William Kennedy portrays the inevitable return to true identity through the symbolism of Jack Diamond’s Knight’s Templar cross and his rosary.

N. Scott Momaday is a Kiowa novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. He devotes his life to protect and inherit the national culture heritage, and has published a large number of Indian literature with fresh content, unique style and light homesickness. Among his numerous literary works, the early published work The Way to Rainy Mountain belongs to a prose with beautiful style of writing and sincere affection. The way to Rainy Mountain is a Momaday’s journey to seek his root. He skillfully combines the life of his grandmother and the history of the people together, with a unique perspective, rich poetic language, delicate emotions to show readers the origin, development and decline of the culture of Indian 's Kiowa people.

In 1949, when Byatt was thirteen, she and her sister went to a Mount School, a Quaker boarding school in York. Byatt was not an impend child. She was horrified of the outside world and often felt; she says, “panic,” because “I had a strong sense of not knowing how to behave socially, handed down from my mother’s anxiety about having got herself right out of her class." Byatt enhances, "I always knew I had on the wrong clothes” (Stout 15). It seems that some of Byatt’s feelings about school have accomplished their way into her fiction; in The Game, Cassandra has very depraved remembrances of When she was sent away to school, a colorless eleven years old in liberty bodice, wrinkled, stockings, and a tunic bought prudently one size too large.

Morrison had Denver confront her past so that she could move towards a better future. To get the job Denver had to explain what was happening the the Bodwins’ head servant, who took pity on her. Janey, the head servant, told the entire community about Sethe’s predicament. This lead to Ella, a pragmatic and stern slave to point out that although it was wrong for Sethe to kill Beloved it is also wrong for a child to “up and kill the mama.” (p.301) This lead to the community of women coming together to exorcise Beloved from 124. This played into Morrison’s idea that an ancestral history of suffering cannot be easily erased, but it can fade over time with hard work and support from your community.

Scott Fitzgerald’s “Babylon Revisited,” he uses the theme change and transformation and symbols to show how his style of writing acts different. Fitzgerald wrote many short stories and novels, including the short story “Babylon Revisited,” which the reader can see quoted lines in the above paper by not only F. Scott Fitzgerald, but also many other editors of his work. Fitzgerald remains a bit different when it comes to his writing style. He uses just a couple of literary devices to show exactly how he writes. Fitzgerald shows us that being different stands better, what makes fans of his work