The Man to Send Rain Clouds (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Leslie Marmon Silko
- First Published: 1969
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: The 1960's
- Setting: A Pueblo Indian reservation in the Southwest
- Principal Characters: Teofilo, Louise, Ken, Leon, Father Paul
- Genres: Social realism, Short fiction
- Subjects: 1960’s, United States or Americans, Native Americans or American Indians, Death or dying, Funeral rites or ceremonies, Southwest, Sheep, Priests, Weather, Shepherds, Clouds, Rain
- Locales: Pueblo Indian Reservation, NM
The Story
The old man Teofilo has died peacefully while tending sheep out at the sheep camp, away from the village. Leon and Ken find him under a cottonwood tree, but because his sheep have wandered away, the two brothers-in-law first collect them and put them in the corral. Then they prepare Teofilo for burial by painting his face, tying a gray feather in his hair, and wrapping him in a red blanket. On their way back in the truck, they meet Father Paul, who asks about Teofilo. Leon turns the question aside, avoiding the imposition of a Roman Catholic funeral. After the...
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