Essay - Blue Winds Dancing Symbolic Words, Phrases, Acts, Objects and the...

Blue Winds Dancing

***** words, phrases, acts, objects and the characters in this story are part of the power that is generated ***** Whitecloud's narrative. His use of metaphor, too, which ********** symbolism to ***** mind's eye, is part of what captures a reader's attention ***** detail. In the opening of the story, a "fall wind" blows in ***** author's heart - which indicates a foreshadowing for an upcoming change. Or it could be just *****, per se, and as the story goes along, ***** ***** change ***** is repre*****nted. As the geese "wedge southward" ***** reader can see the "V" shape of their flight, and that ***** symbolizes change. The fall in Wisconsin means the end of summer, a change of se*****ons from warm to cool and cold.

By painting such a lush picture ***** all the wonderful seasonal changes that are part of fall, by mentioning bear, loons, the tracks in the snow that indicate deer ***** rabbits have passed through, ***** chipmunks and squirrels ***** this all builds up the drama for the fact that ***** white man and his "civilization" or "society" has taken over the reins of power. White men want Indians ***** be like "them" - ***** they are "always dissatisfied" because if you give them a hill ***** want a mountain. Native Americans just ***** the world in its lovely simplicity, they want the natural ***** ***** has brought ***** so much peace and happiness.

The reader who is alert and reading without d*****tractions will have a good underst*****nding ***** the ***** because the author describes his home as "calm," a pl*****ce where there is "no hurry to get anywhere" and no "hysterical preparing for life until that life ***** half over." The modern "*****" ***** is hysterical in comparison to those humans who live in synchronicity with the ***** world. That is the point of th***** ***** of *****e s*****ry. ***** Indian knows how to make music from the natural *****; there is no need to listen ***** a radio to be able to create a song; songs *****re made ***** by Natives, and each man has his own song in the natural world.

All ********** descriptions of the loveliness ***** natural wonder ***** the wilderness, juxtaposed with the *************** sh*****owness of the "white man's world" set the ***** up ***** the disap*****ment ***** learning that *****s are supposed to ***** "inferior." When a Native reads reports of tests ***** supposedly s***** his ethnic group is inferior, it ***** "terrible." And how embarrassing and awful ***** take a class and hear the instructor tell you that "your gods ***** all false" ***** ***** you're a loser because you worship "sticks ***** wood." Everyone reading this story can relate to having someone put down ********** culture and your way of life. So the author has done a good job of setting ***** st*****ge here.

***** he is riding east ***** a bum in a cattle car the author sees the Salton Sea "lying