Momaday And D Brown Analysis

In N. Scott Momaday’s and D. Brown’s separate passages, they describe different views on the landscapes in Oklahoma. Momaday’s purpose is to reveal that in the midst of harsh surroundings, reverence can be found within.. Brown’s purpose is to explain how the relationship of nature is destroyed over time. Momaday creates not only a harsh tone, but also a spiritual one in order to reveal to the reader that the landscapes unforgivable qualities hide its sense of awe; while Brown adopts a mourningful tone in order to convey the landscape’s hopelessness and despair.
Momaday’s diction first off presents nature’s brutal abilities on its surrounding land; he describes how the shrubbery and growth “writhe with fire,” and that the grasshoppers and insects “pop out like corn” in order to “sting the flesh” of observing victims. The words “writhe in fire” represent the suffering nature bestows on the land and in order to show how horrible it is to be there. The grasshoppers “popping up like corn” portrays them as an overwhelming force that engulfs everything, while the words “sting the flesh” the insects unforgiving attitude for their prey. However, Momaday shifts; he illuminates

nature’s sacredness by saying this is where “you lose yourself” and “imagination comes to life,” as well as where “creation was begun.” This “loss” of perception projects nature’s spiritual powers over people. Nature’s provision of “imagination” interests people and sparks their curiosity, and the words “where creation was begun” provide a sense of awe in the observer's mind. This contrast between nature's harshness and beauty distinguish an unpleasant --but also mystical-- tone that persuades the reader to look through the roughness of nature and recognize its true mystical qualities.
Brown’s diction incorporates an isolated view; conveying nature’s hopelessness and emptiness of the land.

He describes how the sun “bakes” the earth, the grasshoppers “consume the parched grass,” and how the prairies are full of “endless desolation.” The word “bakes” exhibits nature’s hostility to its surrounding lands. The grasshoppers eating the “parched grass” convey how on top of the grass slowly starving and dying, it has to deal with the grasshoppers devouring it as well; which emphasizes nature’s unforgivable attitude towards the land. The words “endless desolation” reveal that the land is nothing but despair, and that it is full of endless agony and suffering. This bleak description expresses a miserable tone that deduces the reader’s mind to believe the landscape is barren and

appalling.
Across both descriptions of Oklahoma countrysides, Momaday and Brown detail their separate passages as wretched wastelands; although Momaday contrasts this by illuminating nature’s wonderment. Everything considered, Momaday divulges the landscapes hidden amazement in order to entice the reader to admire nature even if it is harsh at first, while Brown shows the landscape as only a horrendous place in order to induce into the reader’s mind feelings of hopelessness and desolation.