“The Way to Rainy Mountain” by N. Scott Momaday “The Way to Rainy Mountain” is a short story by N. Scott Momaday. In this short work‚ Momaday describes the loss of someone special to him‚ his grandmother‚ and the things and places that remind him of her. He spends a lot of time describing the terrain of what his people have named “Rainy Mountain”. His people are the Kiowa‚ an old Native American tribe that lived on the plains of Oklahoma. The story‚ in the literal sense‚ is about the main
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Momaday was born February 27‚ 1934 in Lawton‚ Oklahoma. He was born in the Kiowa and Comanche Indian Hospital‚ and was then registered with having seven-eighths Indian blood. N. Scott Momaday was born of having a mix of English‚ Irish‚ French‚ and Cherokee blood while‚ his father‚ Alfred Morris Momaday was a full blood Kiowa. His mother was a writer and his father‚ a painter. In 1935‚ when N. Scott Momaday was one year old‚ his family moved to Arizona where both his father and mother became
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Momaday Passage Analysis N.S. Momaday‚ in his descriptive passage‚ paints a stark image of his people’s treasured land‚ the Rainy Mountains. As the piece progresses‚ he stresses the importance of a desolate setting in order to spur Creation‚ highlighting the significance of the Kiowas‚ and anticipating recognition and understanding from others. Through the use of contrasting images and shifts in perspective‚ Momaday targets and invites the fixed-minded to experience his homeland’s sacred qualities
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Navarre Scott Momaday who known as N. Scott Momaday is a Native American author who wrote “The way to Rainy Mountain in 1969. In the essay he tried to get back in his heritage by undertaking a journey to Rainy Mountain in Oklahoma where he visited his late grandmother’s grave. In this essay he also tries to tell the story of his departed grandmother Aho‚ who belonged to the last culture to spread in North America. No wonder she had memories of hardship while war was her ancestor’s sacred business
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1934‚ N. Scott Momaday was born to mother‚ Mayme Scott who was a teacher and a writer‚ and to father Alfred Morris Mammedaty who was a teacher and an artist. Momaday’s father later reduced the family’s surname to the present day spelling of Momaday. N. Scott Momaday was specified as seven-eighths Native after birth‚ and a tarrying one-eighth of pioneer lineage. In Native American tradition‚ presenting a name for a person is significant as in determining the person’s life course. Momaday was given
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A Writers Style The Pulitzer Prize winning writer N. Scott Momaday has become known as a very distinctive writer who depicts the stories of the Native American life in almost poetic ways. He does an excellent job of transporting the reader from the black and white pages of a book‚ to a world where every detail is pointed out and every emotion felt when reading one of Momaday’s books or other writings. This style of writing that Momaday uses is very evident in his work "The Way to Rainy Mountain
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N. Scott Momaday “The Way to Rainy Mountain” “The Way to Rainy Mountain” by N. Scott Momaday was a really strong essay/ story. It had a lot of different images that was very well descriptive and had a lot more details than what was told in the essay/ story. His descriptions were so vivid and strong: I could actually she all of the different weathers. I like that the piece was written by what I would consider a Native American; it made this a lot more interesting and informative to read because
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(S2453406) Sierra Turner Points possible: 20 Date: ____________ This is your journal activity. Complete the prewriting steps below before moving on to the journal response. Read and Paraphrase Read the text below from The Way to Rainy Mountain by N. Scott Momaday: Great green and yellow grasshoppers are everywhere in the tall grass‚ popping up like corn to sting the flesh‚ and tortoises crawl about on the red earth‚ going nowhere in plenty of time. Loneliness is an aspect of the land. All things in
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Momaday’s The Way to Rainy Mountain: Summary N. Scott Momaday divides his book The Way to Rainy Mountain in an interesting manner. The book is divided into three chapters‚ each of which contains a dozen or so numbered sections‚ each of which is divided 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 feel of the stories. The first passage in the
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Kiowa Grandmother‚” by N. Scott Momaday and “Take My Saddle from the Wall: A Valediction‚” by Larry McMurtry‚ both seek to understand the values and traditions of an old way of life that has been lost to the trials and tribulations of time. By reaching back into history through their families‚ both authors achieve the same effect‚ while using starkly contrasting narrative structure; they show the characteristics that have been lost to younger generations. The purpose of N. Scott Momaday’s essay‚ “My
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