Essays Tagged: "Kiowa"

The way to Rainy mountain by Momaday Well

ed 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 ... oes the style and feel of the stories.The first passage in the first numbered section describes the Kiowa creation myth. It tells that they came into the world through a hollow log. The next ones tell ...

(3 pages) 123 0 3.4 Sep/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

The Apache Indian culture and history.

were located in Eastern Arizona, the Whiter Mountains, Cibuecue, and San Carlos; the Lipan; and the Kiowa which inhabited in southern California, Oklahoma, and Texas. The differences in location for t ...

(2 pages) 77 0 3.0 Feb/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

The Things They Carried - Tim O'Brien STUDY NOTES about "In The Field" - includes details about the plot, characters, themes, key quotes and links to other stories

In The FieldPlot:*The soldiers search for the body of Kiowa in the "shit field."*Jimmy Cross blames himself, wonders where he went wrong and writes a lett ... field."*Jimmy Cross blames himself, wonders where he went wrong and writes a letter in his head to Kiowa's father.*A young soldier, presumably Tim though un-named, searches for the picture of his ex- ... er.*A young soldier, presumably Tim though un-named, searches for the picture of his ex-girlfriend.*Kiowa is found and proves very difficult to dig out on the field.Characters:Jimmy Cross: - not a goo ...

(2 pages) 130 0 2.3 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Persuasive Essay

y is about 3 men that stop to search a body that one of the men named Tom just shot. The other men, Kiowa and Azar, want to keep moving on but Tom will not move or speak. He was overcome with the guil ...

(2 pages) 37 0 4.0 Aug/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays

The Awakening

First of all I moved to a town called Kiowa Colorado three years ago. I remember my first day and night there. Kiowa had only two gas stat ... o gas stations, a bank, and a bar. It is such a small town that is might only have 50 people in it. Kiowa is past Elizabeth and that would be where the closest grocery store would be. The first night ... irst approached the dead silence of the night I was awakened by the vast silence.I was relocated to Kiowa by force, I once was a single man working full time for a company called Foxworth Galbriath th ...

(4 pages) 15 0 0.0 Feb/2007

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Descriptive Essays

Compare and contrast: "Reading the River" by Mark Twain, and "The Way to Rainy Mountain" by N. Scott Momaday

to relay his deep respect of his surroundings. He also describes the oral history of his tribe, the Kiowas, which his grandmother handed down to subsequent generations. When his grandmother died, he r ... handed down to subsequent generations. When his grandmother died, he realized that she was the last Kiowa who had ties to the history of the tribe and that any tales told from then on would be merely ...

(4 pages) 31 0 5.0 Apr/2007

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > Mark Twain

The Things They Carried

-war sentiment, the emotional baggage carried by the soldiers, and the reaction of Norman Bowker to Kiowa's death, the author attempts to define courage and cowardice.The concept of courage is first r ... ble for the death of another.In several chapters, the narrator speaks poignantly about the death of Kiowa, one of the most beloved members of the platoon.In "Speaking of Courage,"� he mentions ...

(3 pages) 17 0 0.0 Oct/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

The Things They Carried : True vs. False

ned pagoda. A pagoda is a temple used to worship a god. Two monks live there who were peaceful men. Kiowa, one of the soldiers who carries the New Testament with him, says ?It?s bad news?You don?t mes ... carries the New Testament with him, says ?It?s bad news?You don?t mess with churches?(O?Brien 119). Kiowa believed you don?t set up base inside a church. Kiowa and Henry Dobbins talk about religion du ...

(7 pages) 30 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

"The Things They Carried" Commentary

y trail outside the village of My Khe.A hand grenade.A slim, dead, dainty young man of about twenty.Kiowa saying, "No choice, Tim. What else could you do?"Kiowa saying, "Right?"Kiowa saying, "Talk to ... ach line individually giving each of them more importance. Also when doing this the author repeats "Kiowa saying" everytime he speaks even though there is no one else speaking in between. This makes w ...

(3 pages) 0 0 0.0 Sep/2014

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

The Things They Carried

ienic if there is such a thing. He carries extra toiletries and socks while Bowker carried a diary, Kiowa also a rifleman carried a new testament presented to him by his preacher father and an old hun ... ing hatched wrapped in distrust for the white man courtesy of his grandfather. The author describes Kiowa in a nostalgic state laid out using his father's bible as a pillow. His exquisite and detailed ...

(6 pages) 9 0 0.0 Sep/2014

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry