Essay Archive - Momaday's The Way to Rainy Mountain: Summary
Momaday's The Way to Rainy Mountain: Summary
N. Scott Momaday divides his book The Way to Rainy Mountain in an
interesting manner. The book is divided into three chapters, each of which
contains a dozen or so numbered sections, each of which is divided into three
parts. The first part of each numbered section tends to be a legend or a story
of the Kiowa culture. However, this characteristic changes a bit as the book
evolves, as does the style and feel of the stories.
The first passage in the first numbered section describes the Kiowa
creation myth. I....
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