In any story‚ the repetition of a word‚ theme‚ or symbol typically marks that thing as important to the author and reader. It reflects the message of the piece as a whole. In Tom Whitecloud’s Blue Winds Dancing‚ the word in particular is “home.” It represents more than where he grew up; more than just a birthplace. “Home” means family. It means friends‚ love‚ comfort‚ and protection. “Home is where the heart is” so the saying goes‚ and for Whitecloud‚ this couldn’t be any truer. Home is the most
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Some people may claim that Dancing is not a sport. While others do think it is. Three big reasons why dancing may be called a sport is you practice like when you practice in football or hockey. You go to compete like in sports. and lastly you burn calories or be healthy if you do that sport like in football or hockey. You also get sweaty. These three will have evidence to go deeper into why dancing may be called a sport. The first reason why dancing can be called a sport is you practice. When you
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Sword Belly Dancing Are you into dancing? Have you ever danced? Or did you ever tried to do dance routines in your entire life? Each one has a child within us and we used to dream about castles‚ knights‚ princesses and swords. Imagine dancing and sword fighting being combined and made enjoyable all the way. Let’s go far beyond sword dancing and mix it with Belly dancing. Sounds weird right? But nowadays‚ sword belly dancing has become one of the fast growing exercises and art all over the globe
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"Blue Winds Dancing"� "Blue Winds Dancing"�‚ the story of a man’s internal conflict is revealed by Tom Whiteclouds’ telling of the young man’s thoughts while he is at school‚ his observations during his trip home and his reaction to the people when he arrives home. In the beginning of the story (paragraphs 1-10) the Indian compares the city to the reservation. He thinks of the city as a captive place‚ a place "where trees grow in rows and the palms stand stiffly by the road sides."� I think the
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Dancing Leisure time is essential for every human being‚since studying and working consumes a lot of physical and mental power. Different people prefer different activities to spend their time for recreation. For me‚ I prefer dancing as my leisure activity. Dancing is generally considered an art because there are specific steps or foot movements that need to be observed and followed when one is dancing to a certain type of music. Some people argue whether dancing should be considered work or
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Living Between Two Worlds In the essay‚ “Blue Winds Dancing‚” by Tom Whitecloud‚ the theme is motivated by the conflict the narrator faces while missing what he considers home. Satisfaction for ones culture is a fine line between appreciation of your own and disapproval for those that are different. This conflict is brought to light by the narrator’s different views of the two cultures to which he lives. These differences are felt internally and externally as the writer searches for his individuality
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perceived in designed relationship create the illusion of what you want out of dancing. In the paper that I have read you can learn about the many different ways of how dancing has came about. A great dancer must have a good gravity balance‚ they must know how to breathe when moving‚ and a great flow of energy when they dance. From what I have read‚ it just makes me want to become more active into my dancing skills. There are so many wonderful people who have been dancing there entire life’s and
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Pole dancing is a combination of dance and gymnastics that is an increasingly popular form of fitness and dance. Pole dancers use a vertical pole which is either static or spinning‚ and train in gyms or dedicated dance studios. It’s no secret that pole dancing really started in the strip clubs. But it has evolved into so much more and pole dancing fitness enthusiasts and schools have been working tirelessly to change the perception to one of a legitimate dance style emphasising the acrobatics
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On Sunday October 25th at 8:00 pm‚ I decided to listen to a playlist from the Smithsonian Global Sound collection. The collection I selected was a forty five minute playlist called Dancing Bow and Singing strings‚ which featured southern folk music and traditional mountain songs. The first song that played was called Cindy 116 bpm created by Tracy Schwarz. It was five minute long piece and incorporated the Fiddle‚ Bass guitar‚ and the Mandolin. This song was created in 1979 and follows the format
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My Favorite Short Story My favorite short story in the anthropology by Dr. Lynn Fauth is “Blue Winds Dancing.” The author‚ Tom Whitecloud uses versatile formal-informal storytelling‚ descriptive language to immerse the reader in the moment‚ and resolution of self-identity conflict. These elements exemplify Whitecloud’s mastery of fiction writing. The role of an informal storytelling told from a first point of view is effective in describing the disparity between the
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