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Momaday's Grandma Passed Away Analysis
After Momaday's grandma passed away, he decides to learn more about his family background. Later, exploring more of his family roots , he realizes that his heritage is very meaningful to him. After learning more about his family roots and thinking about the stories his grandma shared with him before she passed away, he establishes more respect for his grandma and ancestors. I like how the author explains the setting of the story in his writing, like the beautiful landscape where his grandma lived. Also, the author provides the readers detailed information ,which gave me a detailed picture of the Kiowas way of life. I think the main point of this story was it shows the readers how important are ancestors and our own history is to us because
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