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The Man To Send Rain Clouds Summary

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The Man to Send Rain Clouds The theme of this story based on the title “THE Man to Send Rain Clouds” is demarcating the cultural divide linking protagonists in Native America and Christianity. TheChristian world according to the priest says that God is the only one who is able to send rain clouds, but according to pueblo, each and every man has a task to talk to the cloud and ask them to send rain for all living things. What I like about this story is where native people have been converted to Christianity. The author demonstrates the process by which the religions in Native America and the other cultures that they were inseparable survived. He has come up with a parable about cultural endurance which traces the growth and the traditional ceremony renewal by adding to the useful and new elements from the rituals of the Roman Catholic. He has not rendered ritual and belief in ethnographic detail in archival. …show more content…

Whatever one believes is a personal choice and should be respected. For instance, Indians have interactions which are determined by a ritual which has been set in motion through the discovery of Teofilo rather than by individual negotiations which tend to conflict self-expression or will. I feel that whatever the author is saying is true. Religion is a delicate matter which deserves optimum consideration and respect as per belief and culture. The important part of this story is the Native American culture. The author says that tribal traditions do not draw their strength from the ability to adapt the traditions to incorporate the circumstances that are ever changing. Meaning it is not based on the adherence of the Indians to their customs or

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