Analysis Of The School Days Of An Indian Girl By Zitkala-Sa
Summary of “The School Days Of An Indian Girl (part 6)” by Zitkala-Sa
Part 6 is set 3 years after part 5. Zitkala-Sa is now back home. She can read, write, and speak english. This part is short and describes Zitkala-Sa's sadness at how her village had lost most of it's origin. In the village where she lived Indians were dressed in the white people's clothes. They were speaking English instead of their native language. This distressed her so much that she decides to go back to school. Unlike many of the other Indians Zitkala-Sa still has an extremely conservative view for her people. Part 6 ends with her on a train hoping that when she returns from school the new way of life her people have adopted would not hurt her spirit so much.
Part 6 is set 3 years after part 5. Zitkala-Sa is now back home. She can read, write, and speak english. This part is short and describes Zitkala-Sa's sadness at how her village had lost most of it's origin. In the village where she lived Indians were dressed in the white people's clothes. They were speaking English instead of their native language. This distressed her so much that she decides to go back to school. Unlike many of the other Indians Zitkala-Sa still has an extremely conservative view for her people. Part 6 ends with her on a train hoping that when she returns from school the new way of life her people have adopted would not hurt her spirit so much.