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The Man to Send Rainclouds
Hello! In 'The Man To Send Rain Clouds,' Leon and his brother-in-law Ken find the dead body of Leon's grandfather under a big cottonwood tree. Leon is satisfied that he has fulfilled his tribal...
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The Man to Send Rainclouds
The moral of the story, if it can be called such, is that the key to harmony is tolerance of others' customs and beliefs. Although the Catholic missionary and the Pueblo Indians have a very...
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The Man to Send Rainclouds
The setting, an Indian reservation in the Southwest, is an integral part of Silko's story. The dryness and the cold serve to create the feeling of isolation which brings both problems...
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The Man to Send Rainclouds
In Silko’s “The Man to Send Rain Clouds,” the majority of the funerary rites performed for the deceased, Teofilio, appear to be traditional in the pueblo. However, it is also possible that some of...
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The Man to Send Rainclouds
Silko's story uses the natural world to depict the life of the residents of the resevation and their uneasy relationship with the whites who have forced them to live on the margins. The symbolism...
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The Man to Send Rainclouds
Leon and Ken find an old man dead under a tree. They paint his face (which is tradition for the Indians) and take his body home for a traditional Indian Burial. THey also scatter corn for the...
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The Man to Send Rainclouds
I don't think there's anything necessarily wrong with it, unless you're looking at the point of view of the priest in the story. Catholic missionaries had established missions in the area, and...
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The Man to Send Rainclouds
The Pueblo Indian burial rituals reflect their oneness with the natural world. They believe that death is part of a natural cycle in which the spirit of the deceased returns to its source and...
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The Man to Send Rainclouds
In “The Man to Send Rain Clouds,” Teofilio’s family initially prepares him for burial following the traditions of their pueblo. This includes tying a feather in his hair, painting his face,...
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The Man to Send Rainclouds
Though Silko's story is very short, a lot happens and is implied. The two young Native American men, Leon and Ken, find the old man, Teofolio, dead under a tree. The rising action is the...
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The Man to Send Rainclouds
Part of the religion theme is the difference in types of faith. The priest is upset when they do not come to him to perform a proper funeral mass. It is interesting that they don't have total...
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The Man to Send Rainclouds
Teofolio is the old man the two younger Native American men find dead in the fields. He was working as a shepherd because the white man had forced the Native Americans into living on reservations...
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The Man to Send Rainclouds
The two stories “Dead Men’s Path” by Chinua Achebe and “The Man to Send Rain Clouds” by Leslie Marmon Silko focus on two opposing ideas that the main characters find difficult to mesh. When...
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The Man to Send Rainclouds
The enotes discussion of postmodernism (found here http://www.enotes.com/postmodernism/) indicates that several things are key in identifying postmodernism " the mixing, the disintegration, and the...
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The Man to Send Rainclouds
The entire story is an extended comment on cross cultural communication. In it a dead person's body is treated according to both Catholic and traditional native customs. Just the fact that this is...
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The Man to Send Rainclouds
The plot of the "Worn Path" is a spiritual journey of sacrifice and courage.
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The Man to Send Rainclouds
The term "American society" is a broad term refering to the general reality of the peoples and lifestyle in America, the United States. It is a general descriptive term that skips over the...
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The Man to Send Rainclouds
I would definitely try to find some authentic Pueblo music to accompany your narrative. I would particularly seek out music that might have accompanied funeral rituals, the resonant, mournful...