LITERATURE QUESTIONS
NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE
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New Mexico in the spring.
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New Mexico in the winter.
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California in the spring.
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California in the winter.
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Detailed explanation-1: -“The Man to Send Rain Clouds”, is a short story taking place in 1969 in New Mexico, a Native American Reserve. The story dates itself with the mention of Catholic modernism versus Native American traditions and well descriptive spiritual backgrounds.
Detailed explanation-2: -Setting. The story is set on the Laguna Indian Reservation in New Mexico. The landscape of the story with its arroyos and mesas is an integral part of the story.
Detailed explanation-3: -“The Man to Send Rain Clouds” conflict is demonstrated with the help of direct and indirect characterization. The feathers symbolize the ascension and flight of the soul among many Native American cultures. Their placement on corpses shows that they are being empowered to travel into the spiritual world (Venefica 25).
Detailed explanation-4: -"The Man to Send Rain Clouds” explores the cultural and social tension between the Pueblo Native Americans and the Catholic Mission. For younger generations of Native Americans such as Leon, the struggle to maintain a balance between the traditional ways of his people and the modern ways of Catholicism is very real.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Man to Send Rain Clouds by Leslie Marmon Silko | Goodreads.