“The Soft-Hearted Sioux” and”The Warriors” resonate the same message in completely different situations. The soft-hearted sioux centered on a man who was separated from his culture. He became a defeated version of the warrior he was destined to be. While the sisters and the uncle struggled to hold on to their ancestral roots and warriors in an urban and isolated community. The soft-hearted sioux was converted into a foreigner and could not provide for his family the way he was supposed to. By following the Christian religion he lost his ability to connect with his family. When he arrives back in his village later, he is a complete outsider and is unable to become the warrior he needs to be and provide for his dying father. At the end of his life he ponders his fate, will he go to heaven or will he finally be accepted by his father in the afterlife. This contemplation demonstrates his belief in an afterlife and possibly his lust for a new start. In Sioux culture the color red has been used to symbolize both wisdom or life. The use of red throughout the story woven into his village demonstrates his isolation and quest for knowledge that the other Sioux possess. He finally gains this at the end of the story when he tries to save his father and is drenched in another’s blood. He realizes that Christianity has not helped him, but rather led him down a path of ignorance and solitude. “The Warriors” also demonstrate that a sense of community and holding on to one’s roots are key to knowledge.
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I totally are with you I think that those two stories are trying to convey the same meaning , which is that both man are warriors but loss themselves in the Americans ways of life. For example Uncle Ralph was a warrior but the Alcohol made him change his way of life, on the other hand the soft-hearted Sioux, never learned to be a warrior. They both loss their sense of what it is to be a true Indian warrior.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you about both stories conveying the same message of hanging on to your roots. I wrote similar things in my blog also, but only about the Sioux story.
ReplyDeleteI couldn't agree more with you. A sense of community and cultural identity is definitely key to knowledge. It's true, the two stories does seemed to reflect the same message in relation to cultural aspects. I like how you include the color red to mean wisdom of life in the Indian culture. But in contrasts to other cultures it could also mean luck and celebration in Chinese culture or purity in India.
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