Comparing Fox And Coyote And Whale

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The Way To Rainy Mountain and the story Fox and Coyote And Whale, are two different stories but uses the same type of writing where they use nature to get a visual for the reader.In both of these stories family is the cornerstone for both of these works they highlight how important family is.
I will start with the story The Way To Rainy Mountain the beginning is about Momaday's first encounter with the kiowas as a child and the rituals and practices that the kiowas did. The middle of the story is about how the Kiowas interacted with each others and other tribes, and Momaday talks about the legends of the kiowas. And at the end of the story Momaday talks about how the kiowas started to disappear as newer and larger tribes started to move in.Fox

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