The Medicine Bag Analysis

Tradition, indian tribes, blessing. Many tribal stories have traditions to reflect on their tribe and ancestors that created the tradition. These characteristics reflect on the stories and their history to their tribes. In the story The Medicine Bag, Martin is the main character, one day his Grandpa traveled from his Lakota Tribe to visit his family. Grandpa fears his death is upon him and he has to pass down the family tradition of The Medicine Bag. In the video Apache Girl, Dachina is the main character. She is on the path to becoming a woman of the tribe, this requires hard work and dedication to receive this honor. She has to prepare for years before she can become a woman. She has to finish the final test of dancing all night
First, they both show a traditional background, this background could include tribal or religious cultures. In the story the Medicine Bag, their tradition is to pass on The Medicine Bag to the oldest living male. In the video Apache Girl, their tradition is based on a select group of girls that pass their strengths and abilities test. Secondly, in the two stories they both explain events leading up to the cause and effect. For example, in The Medicine Bag there is a story within the educational context. In the video, there is a story or events that lead up to the educational purpose of the rites of passage. In contrast, along with many similarities comes many differences. One difference is The Medicine Bag . For example, in The Medicine Bag it follows all the events in order to the big point of the story. In Apache Girl, they show pictures from different scenes that do not follow an order in the video. Finally, the point of view in the stories are not the same. In The Medicine Bag, the point of view is told from a young boy. In the video Apache Girl, it is told by a teenage girl. These two variables could change the way the story is told if they were