Marriage, Drivers licsense, Parents, and Grandparents. These are all rites of passage that the average american person has in there life. In this essay about the two Native American rites of passage. Rites of passage are generally something that comes up in your life, in the short story of the medicine bag, Martin recieves the medicine bag to carry on his grandfathers tradition where in the short video of Dachyna’s rite of passage is about her turning into a young woman in her tribe.
To begin the comparison we will talk about the similarities between the story of the Medicine Bag and the video An Apache Girl’s rite of passage. One similarity that the two story’s have is that they are both rites of passage that are about Native Americans. Both stories are about young people accepting their heritage. For Martin that meant taking the medicine from his grandpa and continuing the tradition that his great-great-grandfather had started. For Dachyna that meant that she would grow into a great young woman.
A difference that the two lessons have is that Dachyna’s rite of passage is a sign of growing into an adult …show more content…
One advantage that the text is that it has some input from the main character is given. This tells us how he feels about the tradition that falls on him. However there is a disadvantage to that. This may be saying too much about the character and not enough about the tradition that goes on in the story. There is also a disadvantage and advantage of the video. In the video there is absolutely nothing that the character can say to tell us how she feels but that can be a disadvantage or advantage. But there is another big disadvatage in the video. The big disadvantage is the story is told by a complete outsider that we know nothing about. The big advantage that the video also has is that you can visualize what is actually
To begin the comparison we will talk about the similarities between the story of the Medicine Bag and the video An Apache Girl’s rite of passage. One similarity that the two story’s have is that they are both rites of passage that are about Native Americans. Both stories are about young people accepting their heritage. For Martin that meant taking the medicine from his grandpa and continuing the tradition that his great-great-grandfather had started. For Dachyna that meant that she would grow into a great young woman.
A difference that the two lessons have is that Dachyna’s rite of passage is a sign of growing into an adult …show more content…
One advantage that the text is that it has some input from the main character is given. This tells us how he feels about the tradition that falls on him. However there is a disadvantage to that. This may be saying too much about the character and not enough about the tradition that goes on in the story. There is also a disadvantage and advantage of the video. In the video there is absolutely nothing that the character can say to tell us how she feels but that can be a disadvantage or advantage. But there is another big disadvatage in the video. The big disadvantage is the story is told by a complete outsider that we know nothing about. The big advantage that the video also has is that you can visualize what is actually