Compare And Contrast The Medicine Bag And Apache Girl's Rite Of Passage

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Do you know about the Indian culture? Well in the story “ The medicine bag “ and “ Apache girl’s rite of passage “ you learn more about the culture and the stories and journeys of people. In both of the stories it is about beginning the start of a new life. In “ The medicine bag “ Martin gets the medicine bag from his grandpa. Grandpa passed down the medicine bag to Martin which he has to take care of and put a a certain item in the bag. In apache girl she also has to start a new life of a woman. She chooses her medicine woman and starts her rite of passage. She has to show she can dance all night for four days with little sleep. She does this to become a woman of the tribe. Both of the stories are similar but also different. They both were …show more content…

Martin learned about the ancestors who held the medicine bag. They both are presented similar. In The medicine bag Martin is embarrassed by his grandfather and the medicine bag until he finds out what it really means. Martin cared about what his friends thought and he was ashamed of his Grandfather. In Apache girls rite of passage she isn’t ashamed at all but she is very excited about her trial to become a woman. On the other hand, they have a very similar meaning. They both learn something in the end, which is that what they do affects them later on. Martin was embarrassed and didn’t gain anything from it. When he wasn’t ashamed he understood everything his grandfather meant. In apache girl’s rite of passage she wasn’t ashamed of what she was doing and understood how important it was. Therefore, that means that Martins story was based on his emotions and Apache girls rite of passage was based on facts and what her story meant. Martin was to scared of what his friends thought of him. Dachina didn’t care what anyone thought because they were all okay with

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