Dances With Wolves Sparknotes

Throughout the late 1800’s, life on the Great Plains was very diverse. The Indians and settlers did not get along well, ending in many fatalities and families being torn apart. Most U.S. citizens believed the Native Americans had no say in their country due to their violent history with the Comanches, so they forcibly removed them from their ancestral homelands. In the movie, “Dances With Wolves”, lieutenant John Dunbar thinks the exact opposite of everyone else. He appreciates the frontier and the ways of the Indians, as he had to find out for himself. Dunbar was dubbed “a hero” after a failed attempt to commit suicide, resulting in his choice of destination to station at. His obvious choice was to go to the Western frontier. This decision was made for the simple fact that he had a longing to see the frontier before it was gone. Once he arrives, he meets with a man named Timmons, in which he states, “He was the most foulest man I have ever met.” The two go on a journey through Fort Sedgewick to an abandoned camp. Timmons believes it was raided by the malicious Indians, but Dunbar insists he stays as long he is aware of his surroundings. His motive was to see the Great Plains, not walk away a coward.
It wasn’t an easy task to prove to them he was not like all the other white people whom which they have seen. He was leery of them at first, but soon realized they were peaceful and curious, just as the Sioux did for him. The Indians knew he wasn’t like the other white people and he was welcomed into their group. A wolf by the name of “Two Socks” becomes his companion along the adventure. In a moment of pure harmony with nature, he attempts to feed Two Socks from the palm of his hand. The attempt was successful, embracing the feelings in ways the Indians had been living for centuries. By the time he even settled into the tribe, he felt at