The Way To Rainy Mountain Analysis

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In The way to rainy mountain by:N.Scott Momaday this text agrees with Morgan’s central idea. However Thomas Jefferson’s America, 1801 disagrees with Morgan’s central idea because they talked about how there westward expansion was good because they all came together and helped one another and got out of it. Yet The way to rainy mountain was different because in 1872 - 73 in that time there was a fire and all of their things were gone. I agree with Morgan’s central idea in the article because Morgan was right about everything that the people did to protect their little town. It was their duty to protect the people and the people that were trying to get in it and get them. However the greatest folk movement were that people led

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