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The Lone Ranger And Tonto Film Analysis

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From the long dark braid of the Cayuse tribe to the flowy jet black hair of the Salish tribe, the style and length of hair has an important role in many Native American cultures. In a variety of Native American tribes, hair plays an extremely powerful role culturally and spiritually.The length and style of hair is seen as an extension of a person's stage in life as well as a way of representing a person's status.Throughout the novel, The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven, by Sherman Alexie, and its film adaptation, Smoke Signals, length and style of hair acts as a symbol for the condition of a character. The act of cutting off hair is the act of choosing to make a major change in one's life. The two characters in the film who discarded
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