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 very similar because we see how the white culture has affected both Native characters. Although the two stories contain different situations, both authors' use of point of view, descriptive diction, and the characters' actions, help convey their themes of cultural differences between Natives and the dominant white culture. Through Whitecloud's and Johnson's points of view, we see the emotions which surround our two Native characters. In "Blue Winds Dancing", the character's thoughts are shown through the first person point of view. Through this point of view, the young Native's persona is brought to life through his thoughts. The character doubts his place in
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