The Ojibway story "The Path of Souls" brings a sense of endearment. Readers see that the husband goes to the Land of Souls to visit his wife hoping he could somehow bring her back. Readers also see in "Blankets," by Sherman Alexie, that this short story about Native Americans also brings a sense of endearment, but towards parents instead of lovers. The son in this story respects his father. an alcoholic, enough to let a complete stranger sing a healing song to the blanket that was to be given to his father. Both men in these stories show feelings towards the ones they love, they even go to the extent of doing things that are not allowed to help their loved ones. Throughout each story, the main characters make mistakes but those mistakes do not hold either men from understanding and respecting their cultures.
The author allows the reader to focus on the idea of love and endearment by starting "The Path of Souls" with a marriage. Both Geezhig and Wabun-anung saw a prosperous marriage in the future: "Theirs was the promise of spring in the enduring love they bore one another in their lives and in the living. Happily they contemplated their future together with mundane plans for happy years of beloved companionship and children from their union" (Ojibway). That spring Wabun-anung died, which lead to Geezhig giving up and not wanting to do anything because his wife died. Summer came and Geezhig set out to bring his dead wife back: "He would, he must go to rescue his lost love from the Land of Souls" (Ojibway). People make mistakes and mistakes are made when someone does something that they are passionate about. Readers see this when Geezhig defied his father when his father told him that he needs to stop searching for his wife because she was dead and could not be brought back from the Land of Souls (Ojibway). Geezhig goes outside his boundaries and defies his father to search for his dead wife.