The Medicine Bag Changes

The main character/narrator, Martin, in the story “The Medicine Bag” has changed immensely from the beginning to the end. At first, Martin feels insecure about his heritage, tradition, and grandfather. When grandpa arrives, he states that he “wanted to sink right through the pavement”(page 2). He says this to express that he wants to disappear. Towards the end, he becomes more and more comfortable with the idea of his heritage and the idea of a medicine bag around his next for most of his life. However, when he first discovered the bag he thought that it was an ugly old leather pouch that he did not want to wear because he was afraid that his friend would make fun of him for it. Good thing he is now not ashamed of Grandpa or the medicine bag