Little Big Man | Ideas for Group Discussions
Some of the possibilities here are obvious. Readers can focus on Berger's seriocomic view of the West and his depiction of the culture of the Cheyennes. Readers interested in Indian life may want to turn to George Bird Grinnell's classic works, The Fighting Cheyennes (1915) and The Cheyenne Indians (1923) for further insights into Cheyenne tribal life. It is worth noting that Berger (in his interview with David Madden in Critical Essays on Thomas Berger) has identified Grinnell as his main source. Perhaps most interesting, besides Berger's portrait of Indian life,...
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