The Way To Rainy Mountain Literary Analysis

This statement by Momaday is very thematic for the book, The Way to Rainy Mountain. “A time that is gone forever, a landscape that is incomparable, and a human spirit which endures.” When this statement is broken apart, it precisely relates to the three focal points of the overall theme of the book. “A time that is gone forever,” describes the Kiowa culture dying out. Second, “a landscape that is incomparable” is the Rainy Mountain, which is of great spiritual importance to the Kiowa and the author. Third, “a human spirit which endures” refers to the Kiowa people, but can also refer to the author’s grandmother. All together, these three parts of Momaday’s statement make up the theme of The Way to Rainy Mountain. The first part of Momaday’s
It is also disheartening to know that the Kiowa were a peaceful people that didn’t want to fight and that they were strongly rooted as seen when the Momaday describes how they came together for the last Sun Dance. More specifically, the author talks about his grandmother who endures a lot. Because the Momaday’s grandmother grew up around Kiowa culture and also spoke the language, it would be extremely hard to see its culture go down the drain. Momaday connects the statements to the death of the Kiowa culture, the significance of the Rainy Mountain, and the spirit of the Kiowa, which had to endure its collapse. Looking at other works of literature, for example, Things Fall Apart, many things come, go, and even die out. In comparison to The Way to Rainy Mountain, many people of the Umuofia clan had to endure the same things as the Kiowa. In conclusion, the statement by Momaday very well sets up the theme of the book, The Way to Rainy