1. Dry Lips
... as Patsy. The point is therefore further emphasized since Nanabush is a central idea to Native life. The horrendous act reveals Highway's point; it shows the western culture raping the Native one. Although Dickie Bird is seen physically, sexually assaulting Patsy/Nanabush, the meaning of rape is far more figurative. The result is Dickie Bird himself: the symbolic product of the "rape ... ...
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