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The way to Rainy mountain by Momaday Well

Date Submitted: 07/16/2004 08:21:03
Category: / Literature
Length: 2 pages (664 words)
N. Scott Momaday divides his book The Way to Rainy Mountain in an interesting manner. The book is divided into three chapters, each of which contains a dozen or so numbered sections, each of which is divided into three parts. The first part of each numbered section tends to be a legend or a story of the Kiowa culture. However, this characteristic changes a bit as the book evolves, as does the style and feel …
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…sun wedding a woman. They describe things which are easily conceivable, even to people who do not understand the Kiowa's beliefs. The first passage of the last numbered section even describes the location of something by saying that it is 'East of my grandmother's house.' Momaday has become part of the Kiowa, telling stories which have been told only a few times before, or possible never at all, where they can join the others.
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