“The Man to Send Rainclouds”
1. The season of the year in which a story takes place is sometimes an important part of the story's setting. At what time of year does this story take place? How is the season important to the story? (10 points)

The setting of the book is in a Indian reservation in the American Southwest


2. What evidence in the story suggests that the Laguna move in two worlds- the world of the Christian workers and that of their traditional culture? What does this story suggest lies at "the heart of the matter" for the Laguna characters? (10 points)




Choose one of the other readings from the unit (“The Harvest,” “I Explain a Few Things,” “The Space,” or “My Aunt Gold Teeth”) and describe how culture and/or setting affect the theme of the story/poem. Your response should be 3-4 paragraphs long and provide examples from the text. (20 points)


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“The Man to Send Rainclouds” is written in 1967 published two years later in New Mexico. It is written by Silko.

The story is based on an incident which was happened in the hometown of Silko in Laguna, New Mexico. Where an old man died while herding the sheep, and he is given a traditional Indian burial.

At what time of year does this story take place?

The story takes place at the time of the post-winter season.

How is the season important to the story?

  • The season was winter when the story took place.

  • The importance of the season to the story is when the priest tried to open the water bottle his fingers were stiff, and it took time to open the holy water bottle.

  • Due to this, drops of water fell on the red blanket and soaked into dark icy spots.

What evidence in the story suggests that the Laguna move in two worlds?

In the story, after the death of Teofilo the old man, there is a plot that concerns the conflict that arises after his death between American Indian ways and Christian ways.

What does this story suggest lies at "the heart of the matter" for the Laguna characters?

The people of Laguna learned after seeing the burial of Teofilo is that the best gifts come from the heart.

Describe how culture and/or setting affect the theme of the story/poem?

In the story, there were two cultures depicted and the Christian culture and Indian. The people of Laguna buried the man in Indian culture.

Here, the cultural effect is shown in the story.

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