“I was just thinking that of all the trails in this life there is one that matters most. It is the trail of a true human being. I think you are on this trail and it is good to see.” Kicking Bird said.
Accepting people as who they are or they are aiming to be important to foster communication and friendship. Dances with Wolves is a movie about John Dunbar, a soldier that chooses to take a post in the West because he wants to see the frontier before it is gone. After finding the fort abandoned John becomes friends with the nearby Lakota and becomes part of their tribe by learning the language, being given his own name, Dances with wolves, and marrying Stands with a Fist, a white girl who was saved by the Lakota when she was young. The theme of …show more content…
The best scene to face the supposed loss of the Native’s culture is the scene where they come onto all the buffalo carcasses. It is obvious that these people did not understand their culture and how the animals they kill are treated. They managed to create a situation that stopped the Lakota from being able to use the buffalo for food and other necessities. The slow loss of the Lakota culture makes the ability form the whites to grasp how to live similarly difficult. Partaking in learning about another culture, especially ones that may be perceived as vanishing, is great knowledge. The director manages to make the movie interesting by inserting pieces of knowledge that interest people. Some scenes that really showcase the pieces of information include Stands with a Fist being in mourning and Kicking Bird, as her father figure, has to tell her when she is out of mourning, or when Kicking Bird and the group has to go fight and he asks John to watch over his family, which is a big honor for John. If someone with no knowledge of Native American culture watched this movie they would learn interesting tidbits of information that are not regularly well-known by the general …show more content…
It pushes people to study about the West, Native Americans, and the culture. It inspires people. Dances with Wolves fights the stereotype of typical Westerns. While most Native Americans in are seen as violent and mean, the majority portrayed in this film are kind and do not wish for fights. The director does take away from this point by putting in the Pawnee Natives that are much more violent, and with the two fight scenes, the one against the Pawnee and the other against the soldiers. John is fascinated by these people and intrigued by their culture, helping the viewers become more interested. Yet John’s arrival signals a downfall for the Lakota. The impending threat of people that may come and attack or hurt them is approaching. The scarce amount of buffalo, until the stampede, was the first loss they noticed, presented to us when John is writing in his journal that there is definitely no buffalo and that the Lakota think about it
Accepting people as who they are or they are aiming to be important to foster communication and friendship. Dances with Wolves is a movie about John Dunbar, a soldier that chooses to take a post in the West because he wants to see the frontier before it is gone. After finding the fort abandoned John becomes friends with the nearby Lakota and becomes part of their tribe by learning the language, being given his own name, Dances with wolves, and marrying Stands with a Fist, a white girl who was saved by the Lakota when she was young. The theme of …show more content…
The best scene to face the supposed loss of the Native’s culture is the scene where they come onto all the buffalo carcasses. It is obvious that these people did not understand their culture and how the animals they kill are treated. They managed to create a situation that stopped the Lakota from being able to use the buffalo for food and other necessities. The slow loss of the Lakota culture makes the ability form the whites to grasp how to live similarly difficult. Partaking in learning about another culture, especially ones that may be perceived as vanishing, is great knowledge. The director manages to make the movie interesting by inserting pieces of knowledge that interest people. Some scenes that really showcase the pieces of information include Stands with a Fist being in mourning and Kicking Bird, as her father figure, has to tell her when she is out of mourning, or when Kicking Bird and the group has to go fight and he asks John to watch over his family, which is a big honor for John. If someone with no knowledge of Native American culture watched this movie they would learn interesting tidbits of information that are not regularly well-known by the general …show more content…
It pushes people to study about the West, Native Americans, and the culture. It inspires people. Dances with Wolves fights the stereotype of typical Westerns. While most Native Americans in are seen as violent and mean, the majority portrayed in this film are kind and do not wish for fights. The director does take away from this point by putting in the Pawnee Natives that are much more violent, and with the two fight scenes, the one against the Pawnee and the other against the soldiers. John is fascinated by these people and intrigued by their culture, helping the viewers become more interested. Yet John’s arrival signals a downfall for the Lakota. The impending threat of people that may come and attack or hurt them is approaching. The scarce amount of buffalo, until the stampede, was the first loss they noticed, presented to us when John is writing in his journal that there is definitely no buffalo and that the Lakota think about it