Beginning with the second sentence, mention of “brown water birds,” “brown scratches,” and “the alkali-white crust” (52) paint a vivid picture for the reader of the narrator’s environment. “Green ragged moss and fern leaves,” a “red blanket,” and “white river sand” all appear in the first paragraph (52), with paragraph two featuring a black horse and “pale red mesas” (52). According to anthropologist Elsie Worthington Clews Parsons, the Pueblos associate specific colors with the points on a
Beginning with the second sentence, mention of “brown water birds,” “brown scratches,” and “the alkali-white crust” (52) paint a vivid picture for the reader of the narrator’s environment. “Green ragged moss and fern leaves,” a “red blanket,” and “white river sand” all appear in the first paragraph (52), with paragraph two featuring a black horse and “pale red mesas” (52). According to anthropologist Elsie Worthington Clews Parsons, the Pueblos associate specific colors with the points on a