Theme Of The Medicine Bag

The Scalpel and the Silver Bear follows Lori Alvord on her journey from humble beginnings on the Navajo Reservation to a surgeon in the operating room. She was raised in a small community

The last and final difference between “the Medicine bag” and the apaches girls rite of passageis that one is for the growth of girls and the other for boys. As said many time, the Apache celebrate the growth of girls and welcmoning them into woman hood.While in the Medicine bag, Gfrandpa clearly states the the bag is to be passed onto the oldest male in the famly, which makes sence ,maturity wise.

Furthermore, the Nacirema seek help of the “temple” or “latipso” for other serious illnesses, comprised mainly of medicine men and other female specialists. The culture’s devotion to rituals is undeniable as a considerable sum is required for the service of the “temple,” although “these temple ceremonies may not cure, and may even kill the neophyte, in no way decreases the people’s faith in the medicine men” (173). This belief of the “temple” constitutes checking in to the hospital to treat diseases in the American culture. Often times a significant hospital fee needs to be paid for even a short visit and it is not guaranteed that one would be healed as a result. The American culture’s “ fundamental belief…human body is ugly and its natural tendency is to debility and disease” can help explain the society’s faith in hospitals

Imagine you are dancing all night and you can't show any emotion, you can't show any exhaustion or tiredness. That is what Indian girls of the Apache tribe must go through. In class we have watched a video called “Apache Girl Rites of Passage.” In this video a girl named Dachina goes through a grueling journey to become a women. In addition to that story read a short story called “The Medicine Bag.” In the Medicine Bag a boy named Martin goes through his on struggles and rites of passage from his Lakota family traditions and his struggle of accepting his tribe. In addition to these stories I researched a tribe from Ethiopia called the Hamar tribe. The Hamar tribe has a much more scary rite of passage to become a man which a boy has to jump

The Apache girl’s rite of passage is physically different and harder than the Lakota rites of passage. To become a woman for the Apache rites of passage the process takes four days to complete, when Dachina did the process she said that she barely gets any sleep and she can’t show emotions, one of the many things that she had to do is dance for 10 hours straight. For the “Medicine Bag” or Lakota rite of passage he doesn’t really have to physically do anything except put sage into a medicine bag while he is on the reservation and after that he is an adult. It is obvious that the Apache girl’s rite of passage is way more difficult than the Lakota rite of passage because they have to do physically challenging things.

The short story “The Medicine Bag” by Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve and the video Apache Girl’s Rite of Passage by National Geographic have many differences and similarities to introduce the reader to Native American rites of passage. The most significant difference is that the short story emphasizes the emotional struggle of Martin, while the video shows the physical struggle of Dachina Cochise. This can be shown in the short story when it states, “’Thank you, Grandpa.’ I said softly...Two weeks later, I stood alone on the lonely prairie of the reservation and put the sacred sage in my medicine bag.”(Sneve 78, 79) In contrast, the video shows, “These four days mean little sleep, scant food, and the need to set aside emotion. Throughout the ordeal, she must wear a face of stoic resolve.”(National Geographic) At this point in the short story, Martin successfully receives and inherits the medicine bag from his Grandpa and goes to the reservation to put the sacred sage in the medicine bag, signifying that he is the new bearer. As shown from the video quote, Dachina Cochise is starting her trials, but she has to go with little food or sleep and keep a straight face the whole time. This proves that the type of journey they go through makes a big difference in the purpose and meaning of the story. Martin starts as embarrassed about his culture and the medicine bag because he is afraid his friends will make fun of him. Throughout the story, it emphasizes his emotional growth and he

The book The Expressiveness of the Body and the Divergence of Greek and Chinese Medicine by Shigehisa Kuriyama overall felt like it was about perceptions of ancient medicine between the east and west. The author goes back and forth comparing and contrasting the different approaches of the Greek and Chinese, where even though both cultures have different approaches there actually are some similarities, which was believed due to, “the movements of people” (page 204). The book is separated into three parts: styles of touching, styles of seeing and styles of being.

Another part of the book I enjoyed was when all three doctors were in their junior year in college they created a rap group called A.R.T. Another Rough Tribe. George and Rameck rapped and Sam was the manager. They had put together about five songs and put the songs on a tape and started sending them out to record companies.

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The Nightway Ritual is one of the most elaborate of Navajo healing rituals. This ritual involves “chants, dances, prayers, myths (Mathews 1995) and genealogy of various forms” (Faris 1990). This is a nine day long ritual with a very balanced application of the

“In the Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down”, Anne Fadiman explores the subject of cross cultural misunderstanding. This she effectively portrays using Lia, a Hmong, her medical history, the misunderstandings created by obstacles of communication, the religious background, the battle with modernized medical science and cultural anachronisms. Handling an epileptic child, in a strange land in a manner very unlike the shamanistic animism they were accustomed to, generated many problems for her parents. The author dwells on the radically different cultures to highlight the necessity for medical communities to have an understanding of the immigrants when treating them.

A Quinceanera celebrates the new path initiated by a Latina’s transition from girl to woman on her fifteenth birthday. The celebration highlights three aspects- a ritual ceremony, first dance, and the last items received as a child. During the ritual ceremony, a biblical reading is reiterated in dedication to the Quinceanera. In exchange, the Quinceanera utilizes this time to thank God for his blessings and in granting her a complete childhood. In addition, a distinguishing prayer book is provided to the Quinceanera to symbolize her eternal word to God and the guidance and strength she’ll need to conduct a successful life. The first dance holds a special purpose within this transition where the parents of the Quinceanera

Mari Sandoz grew up close to the sources of our history about early America. These sources consists of the fur traders, trappers, hunters, but most of all the Sioux Indians. There are two sections in the book with the titles of “The Go-Along Ones,” and “The Free Walkers.” In the section of “The Go-Along Ones,” it consists of the customs of when a new baby is born, the second parents of the baby, how the baby is part of the village, the teachers, and when the baby becomes a youth. The second section “The Free Walkers,” consists of the youth becoming a hunter, the preparation of hunting the buffalos, falling in love with an Indian girl, marriage, staying with the mother in law, the life of a young women, wifehood, and the universe of the

The women of Wogeo only undergo one rite of passage which occurs on the first menstruation. Unlike the various rites of passages for men, the purpose for the women’s ceremony is seemingly more oriented toward that of celebration. The males look to have an idea of what goes on but have absolutely no interest in what goes on during the ceremony. It’s rather amusing the displeasure that the ceremony causes them. Hogbin writes

There are just two methods of portrayal in narratology irrespective of any dialect and these modes are “diegesis” i.e. “telling” and mimesis i.e. “showing”. In “telling” a story the author/narrator frequently meddles, comments and gives data about the anecdotal material in the span of account. While in “showing” the author minimizes his /her presence in the narrative and it is upon the reader to encounter and comprehend the narrative own his own. Both the methods of portrayal “telling” and “showing” are utilised though much inclination is given to “telling”. In River of Smoke the author recourses to “telling” in a remarkable way as he wishes to impart and share maximum data of the period with the readers with respect to opium trade and war,