The Surrounded D Arcy Mcnickle Analysis

In “The Surrounded”, D’Arcy McNickle was a Native American writer from Montana, who was sent to a boarding school in Oregon where he was transformed into becoming an inspiring writer. Growing up D’Arcy McNickle explored many different things as a child, and he took his life experiences and shared them through created stories. D’Arcy McNickle uses “The Surrounded,” that tells the story of Archilde Leon, who returns home to an Indian Reservation to be with his family who was away from his family for a year, and he faced many difficult challenges within his family. Throughout this novel Archilde Leon has a different view of who he is and how he has consequences with finding his identity. After reading this story, it gives me an aspect of how
These actions were followed by Archilde and his mother Catherine when they went deer hunting. The Indian tribes at the time were fighting to survive their hunting grounds even though this was something that they Indians didn’t want to do. Catherine and Archilde were headed towards the mountains when they come across the Sheriff Dave Quigley, who was looking for Louis, who has stolen horses from people from the tribes. D’Arcy McNickle quotes, “We thought guns would save our hunting grounds and make the old times return”. I believe he is trying to say that Indians have worked hard trying to come at peace with their enemies and not to fight one another. The Indians wanted to be a part of a different world, but instead they were looked at differently. They wanted to protect what was theirs and not face anyone who wanted to take away from them. This quote can relate to the complex situation that Louis put his family in because of what he had done. During their hunt they were stopped by wardens who confronted them about hunting and that deer season was over. Louis was nervous and feared the wardens because of what he had done. The wardens were aware of Louis expressions and how nervous he was that they shot and killed