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Comparison of Blue Winds Dancing and A Red Girl's Reasoning
Title: Comparison of Blue Winds Dancing and A Red Girl's Reasoning
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 1350 | Pages: 5.7 (approximately 235 words/page)
Comparison of Blue Winds Dancing and A Red Girl's Reasoning
Tom Whitecloud's "Blue Winds Dancing" and E. Pauline Johnson's "A
Red Girl's Reasoning" are both stories that comment on cultural differences
between the dominant white North American culture and the Native culture.
In "Blue Winds Dancing", a young Native college student reflects his place in society
while making a journey home. In "A Red Girl's Reasoning", an Englishman loses his
Native wife as a result of his narrow-mindedness towards her culture. The two stories are
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…showed last 75 words of 1350 total…their Native heritage.
These two stories both have important views on Native American culture. The
characters' thoughts and feelings towards their culture is evident throughout both stories.
Learning to understand the characters, including their thoughts and beliefs, will show the
reader how there are many cultural differences among Native Americans and white
culture. Johnson and Whitecloud use point of view, diction, and their characters' actions
to outline the cultural differences present in the two stories.
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