Could you imagine wakening up one day and experiencing a totally different civilization? As we grow we become familiar with our culture, environment, and social interactions. We forget that there are millions of different societies in this world. This story demonstrates a Native American student who goes away to college and is isolated from his Indian society. He experiences the white mans world and is very anxious to get back to where he was originated.
The author is anxious to get back home. He is on the freight of a train and says, " The railroad on which I stand comes from a city sprawled by a lake - a city with a million people who walk around without seeing one another; a city sucking the life from all the country around; a city with stores and police and intellectuals and criminals and movies and apartment houses; a city with its politics and libraries and zoos." (Whitecloud, 124) This young man was sent away to school and has experienced the modern day society of America. He illustrates how this life is about people's opinions, social classes, and competition. The typical American is based on greed. He remembers his professor lecturing that a man could learn a lot from a bum on the street. " He would learn that work and a women and a place to hang his hat are all the ordinary man wants. These are all he wants, but other men are not content to let him want only these. He must be taught to want radios and automobiles and a new suit every spring." (Whitecloud 122).
The author goes into how he now appreciates all the hard work and dedication of his people. His tribe is a team effort. They all know, care, and help each other. His land which he comes from " Where there is no hurry to get anywhere, no driving to keep up in a race that knows no ending and no goal. No classes where men talk and talk and then stop now and then to hear their own words come back to them from the students. No constant peering into the maelstrom of one's mind; no worries about grades and honors; no hysterical preparing for life until that life is half over; no anxiety about one's place in the thing they call Society.
HSS 099 Dong Wook Won SSN: 139-94-4635 My Hometown It's hard for me to tell where my hometown is because I lived in many different places in my life. My definition of hometown is a place where I cherished good memories and spend most of my lifetime. ... I would want to live here for the rest of my life and that's why I call it my hometown. ...
Because of Codi's inability to live in Tucson without her sister, she moves back to Grace, Arizona, her hometown. ... Her hometown needs to rid itself of the threat of extinction by Black Mountain Mining Company, and Codi Noline is not one to sit back and watch such a thing happen. ... While staying at Emelina's, Codi realizes her hometown is not as bad as she remembered it. ...
Similar to my hometown, Evanston is located in a suburban area close to a major metropolis. ... Lake Michigan borders Northwestern University, just as the Pacific Ocean hugs the coastline of my hometown. ... The similarities between Evanston and my hometown help create a familiar environment, which will ease my transition from high school to college. ...
The traumatizing war altered Krebs' view of his hometown and loved ones. ... After the war ended, he did not want to return to his hometown. ... For example, when he saw the girls in his hometown, he doesn't have any feelings towards them. ... Krebs is unusual as he views his hometown and girls differently than before. ...
When I think of my hometown, I re-live that scene with the old man. ... A hometown is a place where one was born and raised. ... Unfortunately, this is not how I feel when I think about my own hometown. ... I believe that in society today, many people feel this way about their own hometown. ...
Lee's childhood was very similar to the Scout character in To Kill a Mockingbird, mainly in her hometown's similarity to the town of Maycomb, the fact that her father was a lawyer just like Atticus Finch, and that her childhood friend, novelist Truman Capote, was the inspiration for Dill. ... Since the publication of To Kill a Mockingbird , Lee has continued to lead a very private life, spending time in her hometown of Monroeville and in New York and still enjoys reading books. ...
