Juanita Platero's Chee's Daughter: Character's Environment Reveals A Great Deal About Personality

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Juanita Platero's "Chee's Daughter": Character's Environment Reveals A Great Deal

About Personality

A characters environment reveals a great deal about his personality. In

Chee's Daughter by Juanita Platero and Siyowin Miller this theory is displayed.

In this story a young Navajo Indian girl is taken from her home by her deceased

mother's parents. Two different environments which reflect values and

personalities are conflicting. A young traditional Navajo,Chee , and a non-

traditional Navajo businessman, Old Man Fat , fight over Chee's daughter,

Little One. The two distinctly different settings in this story reflect the

personalities of the protagonist,Chee , and the antagonist Old Man Fat.

Chee's setting reflects his caring nature. He shows this by caring for

the la...

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