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The Apache Girl Analysis

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“I had to come because it is soon time for martin to have the medicine bag”In these two stories there are both rites of passages from these two characters. In the medicine bag Martin received his right of passage by getting the medicine bag and and relizes how much his heritage means to him.In the Apache story china receives her right of passage by becoming a woman with her 4 day ritual testing strength and endurance throughout the challenges. In these two story they both had some similarities throughout the story. In both story “the medicine bag” and “the apache girl” they both showed how each character was growing up. Martin from the medicine symbolized growing up by receiver the medicine bag. You don 't get this until you have showed maturity …show more content…

How they were different was they had completely opposite reactions to their rights of passage. In the medicine bag when Martin for saw the medicine bag he was grossed out and unwantedly of the bag because of how it looks and didn 't look at the meaning of the old leather bag. In the story the apache girl, her reaction to her right of passage was very excited, she was s happy that this was her big day and she was finally becoming a woman. In the story dachina said “I can 't smile to show emotion but i 'll find a way to show it”(apahc girl rite of passage 1:20) from this quote she is very excited but just can 't show expressions. When you are reading text from a book there are advantages and disadvantages. Some advantages from reading text is you can make a connection to the characters and you can feel and understand the way the main characters are feeling. A disadvantages from reading text is you won 't get a full image as you would if you were watching a video. A advantage from watching a film is understanding more the struggle in things you wouldn 't understand if u were reading as much. Some disadvantages from watching films are trying to find the text in a

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