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The following paper discusses the themes of dawn and dusk in "House Made of Dawn" focusing on their symbolic and metaphorical meanings of new beginnings and endings. The paper briefly discusses the story, which tells of the differences between the races, and how difficult it is for Native Americans to fit into either world.

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We learn throughout the novel that he never could fit into the white man s world, but he does not feel a connection with the Native American world any more. He is going through his own personal hell of not belonging anywhere. We see his life in Los Angeles, after he finishes serving his time in prison for murdering the albino. We can see immediately this is not the place for him. He cannot find his place. He returns home only when he is beaten so badly, he almost dies. The story uses the imagery of New Mexico to paint pictures of the old ways, and even romanticize them. Dusk and dawn are important elements in the painting of pictures.

Tags:chant, grandfather, tradition, indians, white

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The paper asserts that surprising as it may seem to us today, women challenged the patriarchal construction of western society long before the dawn of the 1970s. Indeed, if Euripedes', "The Medea," is any indication, there were recalcitrant and defiant women fighting back against their perceived oppressors in the classical Greek world. Furthermore, the paper discusses how the struggles of Henrik Ibsen's, "Nora" in his famed nineteenth-century play, "A Doll's House," shows what it must have been like for many proto-feminists trapped in marriages that gave them no outlet for their talents and which compelled them to assume roles that were often silly, patronizing and even degrading. With all this in mind, the paper looks at how Euripedes' "Medea" and Ibsen's "Nora" challenged the feminine roles to which they had been assigned and the feminine sphere within which they found themselves bound. In so doing, the cultural and social dimensions of the texts are looked at. The paper shows how there is a striking continuity between Euripedes' time and Ibsen's time with regards to what a woman could do and could not do - and such continuity makes all the more remarkable the vast transformations which have re-ordered western society in the past thirty-five to forty years. The paper concludes that while Nora is the more sympathetic of the two women because she is the less selfish and destructive of the two women, both Nora and Medea are classic instances of women rebelling against social and cultural restraints that tell them to be dutiful mothers, wives, and servants but not enterprising and self-fulfilling human beings.

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"Surprising as it may seem to us today, women challenged the patriarchal construction of western society long before the dawn of the 1970s. Indeed, if Euripedes', "The Medea," is any indication, there were recalcitrant and defiant women fighting back against their perceived oppressors in the classical Greek world. Furthermore, the struggles of Henrik Ibsen's, "Nora" in his famed nineteenth-century play, "A Doll's House," shows what it must have been like for many proto-feminists trapped in marriages that gave them no outlet for their talents and which compelled them to assume..."

Tags:women, medea, nora

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In this article, the writer studies Henrik Ibsen's three-act play "A Doll's House" that is a commentary of sorts on the position of women in the late 19th century. The writer focuses on the female protagonist, Nora Helmer, dissects Nora's relationship with her husband and proceeds to understand when and why the final moment of truth dawned on the lady in question. The writer does not seek to merely explore the feminist undertones of the play, but attempts to provide the audience with an insightful perspective on one woman's epiphany.

Outline:
Summary
Introduction
Nora Helmer - A Character Profile
Torvald Helmer: A Character Profile
Nora's Realization - The Psychology of Nora's Call
The Author's Impact
References

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"Torvald chooses for Nora's fancy dress costume a Neapolitan fisher-girl's dress, and the sight of her dancing in it throws him into a state of erotic fascination. This reinforces the idea that it is Nora's superficial and transient qualities, such as her beauty, that Torvald most appreciates. It is also significant that when the Nurse first brings out the dress in Act 2, Nora noticing that it is torn is tempted to rip it to shreds; this is symbolic of the state of her marriage.
When the Tarantella is done, Torvard gives Mrs Linde a picture of Nora's performance with all the respect one would of a child, in an openly mocking manner, and also admits to having forced her exit from the hall without paying heed to her wishes ."

Tags:marriage, feminine, love, duty

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The writer compares and contrasts the works of these two writers whose novels both focus on the issues of cultural ties in a sub-culture that is dominated and oppressed by the white majority. The paper looks first at Sherman Alexie's novel where the main character John is caught between the two cultures, his Indian background by birth and his adopted white family. The paper then continues with a review of N. Scott Momaday's book, set in post-war America and analyzes the characters development as he struggles between the world he once valued and the white world.

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"In Alexie's murder story, a serial killer is operating in Seattle and leaving behind scalped corpses decorated with owl feathers. This leads to a good deal of anti-Indian rhetoric and some street violence, both white against Indian and Indian against white. The killer is John Smith, an Indian without a tribe, which alone sets him apart from both groups. His name is clearly an ironic reference to the white captain famous for the story of Pocahantas. John is caught between the two cultures, for while he is Indian by birth, he is Adopted by a white couple. He rapidly slips into a delusional fantasy life in which he is the Native American hero able to right all the wrongs inflicted on Native Americans by European settlers and all those who followed."

Tags:racism, native, american, culture, alienation

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This paper shows how the works of both Alexe's and Momaday commonly highlight Red Indians, representing them as a generation of people neglected, looked down, oppressed and severely under represented in nearly all spheres of an average American life. It examines how the authors, through their characters, portray the lack of understanding present in the American society for the Red Indians and the anger prevalent amongst the Red Indians. Both novels have awakened the literary world on the existence of a culture that had always been there for possibly thousands of years, but only through an occasional perspective from an anthropologist and or a historian.

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"The depiction of other characters, such as Francisco and Reverend Tosamah too is suggestive of the evident and prevailing diversity on and about the Indian people and their culture. The first is both a staunch believer of the Catholic faith, and a medicine man for the tribal, and the second is the modern age preacher living in Los Angeles preaching the Native Indians on the Word of God and Christianity. Yet, the most important character is Abel is given the assignment of eliminating the growing difference between the Indian reservations where he and his ancestors grew up, and the city, which has trapped him, but all in vain. (Pinkmonkey, 2002)"

Tags:native, americans, culture, ethnic, studies, murder, hunting, scalping

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This paper shows how, on the surface and upon first reading, "A House Made of Dawn" sounds and appears to be like every other Native American novel - focus on the typical patterns of return and homing. But a closer study of the novel's tone, themes, structure and diction reveals that its fame is intricately connected with its unique non-stereotypical illustration of Native American views and emotions. This paper focuses on various different aspects of the novel to show why it is different from other similar writings and why it truly deserved a Pulitzer Prize.

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"It is a rich, metaphorically lyrical tale depicting Native American's situation in a big white world of America. The story may appear rather puzzling to those who are unable to move with the author from one location to another almost in the blink of an eye. The tone of the novel isn't disturbing as that of some other native pieces but is certainly thought provoking. But the one thing that I found highly amazing and unique about this novel is the fact that it isn't exactly written for white people to make them feel guilty and ashamed. It is actually written for Native Americans so that they are able to come to terms with the core of their misery and confusion as Indians surrounding by arrogance of whiteness."

Tags:native, american

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"N. Scott Momaday, in House Made of Dawn, tells the story of Abel, a young American-Indian who is trying to find his identity in the midst of two cultures, the Indian and American. In part, the story of Abel parallels the experiences of the author himself, who is a Kiowa Indian, has lived on several Southwest Indian reservations, and teaches in the English Department at the University of California at Santa Barbara.
The story of Abel is a compelling and troubling account, although it seems to end with hope. The book begins with Abel running, but there is a clear suggestion that he is unhappy and lost: "Abel was running. Against the winter sky and the long, light landscape of the valley at dawn, he seemed almost to be standing still, very little and alone" (2). This is a quick portrait of a young man who does not know his place in the world,"

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In the Judaeo-Christian tradition, and in the modern West, the divide between the sacred and the secular is particularly pronounced. This is not the case for all cultures. In modern Saudi Arabia, for example, the sacred runs like a thread through each person's daily life. Historically, indigenous people have also had daily lives that were characterized by an ongoing relationship to spirit. What happens when indigenous people have to coexist with modern Western culture? According to the two books under consideration in this analysis, the result of the encounter is disjunction, confusion, and a great deal of despair."

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Discusses four books that illustrate the sacred and secular as one. Mary Crow Dog's "LAKOTA WOMAN," N. Scott Momaday's "HOUSE OF DAWN," Ricardo Pozas' "JUAN THE CHAMULA," Thomas Sanchez's "RABBIT BOSS." The sacred as an integral part of the environment of Native Ameicans. Role of ancient religion to health and identity.

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"The four books, Mary Crow Dog s Lakota Woman, N. Scott Momaday s House of Dawn, Ricardo Pozas Juan The Chamula and Thomas Sanchez s Rabbit Boss illuminate the fact that the sacred and secular are inextricably interwoven together in Native American culture. Unlike modern contemporary society that compartmentalizes the sacred and secular as mutually exclusive entities in life, the Native Americans view the sacred as a vital part of their environment, their existence and their identity. When the White people encroach upon the Native Americans lives by decimating their sacred sites and forbidding them to engage in their sacred activities, the Native Americans sense of identity begins to disintegrate. In their books, Crow Dog, Momaday and Sanchez aptly capture the tragedy of Native Americans who are stripped of their religious beliefs and thus ..."

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Discusses theme of alienation in two novels. The characters of John Smith in Sherman Alexie's INDIAN KILLER, and Abel in N. Scott Momoday's HOUSE MADE OF DAWN. Various levels of alienation experienced by the characters (from family, from self, from society). Problem of maintaining cultural ties in an oppressed subculture. Setting & plot of novels.

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"The characters of John Smith in Sherman Alexie's Indian Killer and Abel in N. Scott Momaday's House Made of Dawn are each alienated from their society, an alienation that actually takes place on several levels--alienation from family, alienation from Indian society, alienation from the larger society of America, and even alienation from the human race. The process of alienation for begins in childhood for John Smith and becomes acute for Abel when he returns from army service in World War II. In both cases, the difficulty of maintaining cultural ties in a subculture that is dominated and oppressed by the white majority.

In Alexie's murder story, a serial killer is operating in Seattle and leaving behind scalped corpses decorated with owl feathers. This leads to a good deal of anti.Indian rhetoric ..."