The book “Code Talker” by author Joseph Bruchac is a very interesting book about a Navajo Native American and his life being a marine in World War II. Bruchac uses setting, plot development, and cultural perspective well in this book.
“Code Talker” begins with a young Navajo boy and his journey to a United States government led school. There he must get his cultural long hair shaved. Also, he must learn English and never use his sacred Navajo language. His Navajo clothes are taken from him and he is a given military style school uniform. At the school they assign each of the Native Americans with new Americanized names. He became Ned Begay. Him and his Native American peers are constantly being devalued for being Native Americans and are treated as being unintelligent compared to white children. He though excels in his classes and goes to a Native …show more content…
The odor of sulfur was everywhere. IT mixed with the burning gasoline from the flamethrowers and napalm bombs, the sharp tang of gunpowder, the overheated metal of machine gun barrels, so hot they were melting.”
He also made very good plot development. As the story starts it is about a young Navajo’s life in conflict with the ideals of the white man and ended as a story about the Navajo role in World War II.
Bruchac writes well using the voice of a Navajo Marine telling his grandchildren about his medal. He uses the Navajo’s cultural perspective to explain the story in a different way than what would normally be written about the Second World War. Also, the cultural perspective of Navajos affects the main character’s outlook on many things, because Navajo children are taught to be humble among other
“Code Talker” begins with a young Navajo boy and his journey to a United States government led school. There he must get his cultural long hair shaved. Also, he must learn English and never use his sacred Navajo language. His Navajo clothes are taken from him and he is a given military style school uniform. At the school they assign each of the Native Americans with new Americanized names. He became Ned Begay. Him and his Native American peers are constantly being devalued for being Native Americans and are treated as being unintelligent compared to white children. He though excels in his classes and goes to a Native …show more content…
The odor of sulfur was everywhere. IT mixed with the burning gasoline from the flamethrowers and napalm bombs, the sharp tang of gunpowder, the overheated metal of machine gun barrels, so hot they were melting.”
He also made very good plot development. As the story starts it is about a young Navajo’s life in conflict with the ideals of the white man and ended as a story about the Navajo role in World War II.
Bruchac writes well using the voice of a Navajo Marine telling his grandchildren about his medal. He uses the Navajo’s cultural perspective to explain the story in a different way than what would normally be written about the Second World War. Also, the cultural perspective of Navajos affects the main character’s outlook on many things, because Navajo children are taught to be humble among other