The Way To Rainy Mountain Summary

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This article discusses Momaday’s writing style and his ability to draw the attention of the reader. The author of this article agrees that Momaday has the uncanny ability to paint vivid images in the readers mind, but he believes Momaday fails to connect to the reader emotionally. The author describes how in the start of the story when Momaday refers to his grandmother as a child he fails to go into detail about what his grandmother was like as a child, and instead turns it into a history lesson about the Kiowas. He also mentions the part of the story when Momaday describes the special place of the Kiowa culture and describes the skyline

in English Literature and Language studies explains why “the way to rainy mountain” is an important piece of literature for high school students. She say that young readers are a generation of movement and this story is all about movement. Momaday explains how the Kiowa tribe had to move from place to place in order to survive. She says this story gets kids in touch with a world that move and is constantly moving. She makes reference to the part of the story when Momaday stands and looks across the landscape and tells the readers how he feels, and talks about how his ancestors are buried there and reclaims the land through his own memory. Shanley is trying to get the high school readers to relate with Momaday, and appreciate the rich culture and background from which they came. Shanley says the way to rainy mountain is a great piece of literature because it is timeless. She claims that even a hundred years from now people will still be able to read the story and gain something from it.

This article was very beneficial because it is from the perspective of someone who appreciates literature and is honest about whether they think it is good or bad. The article was also helpful because the author was referring to young readers instead of just a broad range of readers. This cite was reliable as well because the author has much experience in the field of

He also says the most notable achievements in Indian literature are products of tribal culture and contributions to it. The author says Momaday has done a great job meeting both of these standards in his book. The author explains that Momaday’s book not only pays contribution to the Kiowa tribe, but it is also deeply personal. He also mentions that Momaday’s writing of the book was such an inspiration on young indian writers that be may have caused what was called the modern American Indian literary Renaissance. The author ends the article by stating that the book is not just a remarkable personal document or great work of Kiowa literature, but also work of universal significance.

This article was very beneficial because it not only gave a persons review of the book, but also explained why they believed the book was significant to the world. This article went beyond the like or dislike of the book and stated ideas about the books significance and meaning to others. As a whole this was a great source because it gave factual based evidence to support a critics ideas on why Momaday’s book is