Lear's Dreaming To The Crow Tribe Sparknotes

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What I liked about this chapter was how Lear went into depth about Coups journey in how he was able to get over the ending of the crow tribe. Introducing a more mythical and mysterious narrative in how Coups imagination reflected a lot on how he perceived his life, made the content of the story more interesting then before. Finally, I was able to see more of Coups life story and thought process unfold. As Lear introduced in the second chapter, it was the Crow tradition that helped Coupe to transform over time, helping him to understand the true meaning behind courage. It was the tradition that Coupe picked up as a child at nine years old that consisted of him "to go off into nature and dream” (page 66). Dreaming to the Crow tribe was very meaningful, by dreaming it allowed for the dreamer to see things that was "typically hidden from ordinary conscious life” (page 67), meaning things that maybe only noticeable in a different dimension or when in a dream like state of mind. All in al this chapter was a good read, the only question I have pertains to Coups dream on behalf of the Crow tribe. …show more content…
As stated on page 78, “Young Plenty Coups’s dream was an act of radical anticipation…it did not merely try to predict future events; it gave the tribe imaginative tools with which to endure a conceptual onslaught.” In the case for Coup it took him to have courage when going through the obstacles and devistation of his forgotten past, but the my question is can every one apart of the Crow tribe be courageous enough like Coupe to confront such

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