There is nothing within them, only ghosts. You cannot approach their bones for they belong to the distance.
Once there was a life in Momaday's grandmother's house, especially in the summer. Kiowas are summer people. When he was a child an old council of warlords would come to his grandmother. They would talk and then prepare meals for the banquets, there were great, noisy feasts. And when the night came there was such a silence that you can feel the motion of the air.
Now when Momaday's grandmother is dead the house seems to him a smaller than it was. Once he looked at the moon and a cricket, perched upon the handrail only a few inches away from him, filled the moon like a fossil. And Momaday understand that everyone has one's definition, which weigh on its place, and he felt the longing within him. At the next morning he went out on the dirt road to Rainy Mountain. And at the end of this legendary way was his grandmother's grave.
Each of the twenty-four three-voice sections consists of a brief tribal or family story, a historical, and personal "commentaries." Here are four of them.
IV It is about the creation of four ranges of the Rocky Mountains in the North America - The Wasatch Range, The Bitterroot Range, The Bighorn Range, and The Wind River Range.
XVI It tell us how the buffalo's hunting changed in the time. First, it was almost impossible to kill a buffalo, then man began to catch them and to let them go when he wanted to hunt. Now, although man breeds buffalos, he is still afraid of them.
XVII Describes three cases with Kiowas women. The first two women were bad, and the Kiowas did not like bad women. So they were thrown away from the tribe. The third one was Momaday's ancestor. She was a Mexican Captive, but from slavery she rose up to become a figure in the tribe.
XXIV It describes a very beautiful dress, in which a woman was buried; Momaday's grandmother's moccasins, which were also very beautiful; and how a man ought to concentrate his mind upon the remembrance earth.
Externally, Kiowa was fighting against the North Vietnamese and the Viet Cong. Internally, Kiowa was fighting maturity and adulthood. ... "Like cement, Kiowa whispered in the dark. ... Kiowa admired the Lt's capacity for handling grief, but Kiowa was just handling the grief in his own way. ... Kiowa's character is strong willed and determined to make it out of the war alive. ...
Upon being drafted to the war in Vietnam he looses control and leaves the stress of his life for a vacation up north. ... Tim finds himself in the middle of a war with his friends Kiowa, Norman Bowker and Rat Kiley. ... Ted lavender who routinely popped M&M's (I'm suspecting not candy but tranquilizers) was shot in the head and Norman Bowker upon returning being so scarred from the death of his friend Kiowa he eventually kills himself. The book continues to when Tim brings his daughter Kathleen back to Vietnam in 1990 and returns to the spot where Kiowa Died and wades out in the rive...
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I started counseling, group therapy, and used my resources for months, rebuilding my self esteem, life and understanding how I let myself get into that situation. ... Domestic violence is in majority a learned behavior cycle. ... Politics plays a huge role in the continuing cycle of domestic violence. ... All of those also top the list for prevention and breaking the cycle. ... Educating people on the cycle, warning signs, and ways to seek help is mandatory to break up this vicious cycle. ...
Jimmy also blamed himself for Kiowa's death, and as with the memories of the men alive, the guilt of their death lingered throughout the novel. ... This is extremely important because these items cause Kiowa's death according to one of the stories told. ... The light got the attention of the enemy and Kiowa was shot, sunk into the muck, and died as a result. ... After Kiowa's death, O" Brien carries Kiowa's old moccasins, and he returns them to the spot of Kiowa's death many years later when he returns there with his daughter. ... After returning to the States, he cope...
This pact helps these two in that they know that if it came down to living their entire life in a wheel chair that the other would end it there in Vietnam. The men trusted each other to make no mistakes because one mistake could cause someone to lose their life. He pictured Kiowa's face. ... At one point, the boy remembered, he'd been showing Kiowa a picture of his girlfriend. ... And as a result his friend Kiowa was dead. ...
This pact helps these two in that they know that if it came down to living their entire life in a wheel chair that the other would end it there in Vietnam. The men trusted each other to make no mistakes because one mistake could cause someone to lose their life. He pictured Kiowa's face. ... At one point, the boy remembered, he'd been showing Kiowa a picture of his girlfriend. ... And as a result his friend Kiowa was dead. ...
The Bible carried by Kiowa was given to him by his father. ... The men trusted each other to make no mistakes because one mistake could cause someone to lose their life. "He pictured Kiowa's face. ... And as a result his friend Kiowa was dead." ... The Narrator returns to the field where Kiowa lost his life years after the war has ended. ...
