Summary Of An Indians Father's Plea By Wind Wolf

He is concerned that her and his classmate’s view of Wind Wolf’s culture is affecting his learning. “You have already labeled him a slow learner” (Lake 95). Wind Wolf has developed a much different learning style than his peers, due to his Native American cultural background, and this has caused his teacher to perceive him as a “slow learner”. She believes that his culture has put him at a disadvantage. “He is not culturally disadvantaged, but he is culturally different”(lake 97). The conflicting view between the cultures of wind wolf and his peers has caused him to be viewed as lesser. “The students laughed at him, causing him further embarrassment” (lake

What does culture mean to you? Culture is the arts and manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively. Culture is you and the background you came from.It’s anything that describes you family,traditions,and music.

The father of Wind-Wolf did not understand why the teacher labeled his son as a slow-learner. The father wrote a letter to the teacher to express his displeasure of this label. The father explains how Wind-Wolf has been through more of an education then his fellow peers. The father explains Wind-Wolf might not understand certain concepts because he is not familiar with the tools and methods used in the classroom. The father also expresses his concern he has of Wind-Wolf being bullied and losing some of his culture because of it. Finally, the father mentions the teacher could use resources to handle this problem properly and how to incorporate the Indian culture in the classroom.

The concept culture have some difficult meanings. One of them is culture as in music, preforming, theatre and so. The other meaning of it is culture as in Peoples Identity. It tells something about who you are, where you come from, and what you believe in, in this way, we can see that People

Every culture consists of different things and every person within the culture is influenced by them. While many people tend to change themselves due to other cultures, other people believe that nothing is wrong with their culture and they wont change themselves due to others beliefs. One thing that is acceptable in one culture might not be acceptable in another, hence the need to conform to other cultures. However, someone from a certain culture might believe so strongly in their traditions and beliefs that they wont want to change as displayed in “An Indian Father’s Plea” by Robert Lake. This story suggest that just because someone is different it doesn’t mean that they are wrong, which is expressed the father when he says “He is not culturally disadvantaged, but he is culturally different” (Lake 91). Every culture consists of many different aspects, where the views they place on others is one of them. Some people wont change due to the views placed on them, but many people will so that they wont be viewed as different. No one wants to stand out in a bad way so that is why they conform to the views other people have. Culture is responsible for these views and the affect they have on

A person has always been able to choose to what extent their cultural experiences affect their perspective. Amy Tan’s, “Two Kinds,” Bharati Mukherjee’s, “Two Ways to Belong in America,” and Robert Lake’s, “An Indian Father’s Plea,” all show how the main characters have chosen to let their experiences have an effect on their cultural identity. A person’s cultural experiences shape perception based on their own identifications and they may chose to assimilate to different cultures.

Is it better to settle with what you already have and know or branch out and strive for comfort elsewhere? This is the ongoing debate between sisters, Dee (Wangero) and Maggie in Alice Walker’s “Everyday Use” and sisters Bharati and Mira in Bharati Mukherjee’s “Two Ways to Belong in America”. In “Everyday Use” Maggie is a soft spoken homebody who has never found interest in straying from her mother while Dee on the other hand has moved on in life and uses her past as an image to prove how far she has made it in life, she even changed her birth name to cut all ties with her past. In “Two Ways to Belong in America” Bharati and Mira are Indian immigrants who both came to America with intentions of keeping their Indian heritage, but over time Bharati faded from her culture while Mira kept true. Although Maggie and Mira decided to stick to their roots, Dee and Bharati chose to immerse themselves in a new culture.

People who identify with a particular culture have a lot of things in common, eg food, traditional costumes, music and so on. However, there are also lots of ways in which people within one culture differ.

By Wind-Wolfs his culture has transformed because of peer pressure. The author shows this by stating, “Now he[Wind-Wolf] refuses to sing his native songs, play with his Indian artifacts, learn his language or participate in his sacred ceremonies. When I ask him to go to an urban powwow or help me with a sacred sweat-lodge ritual, he says no because ‘that’s weird’ and he doesn’t want his friends to think he doesn’t believe in God,” (Lake). The author wants to show the author how his sons cultural has been changed by peer pressure. This is yet another example of the relationships between who religion and social interaction work together to shape one’s culture.

In Thomas B. Whitecloud’s “Blue Winds Dancing,” he discuses what it is like for him to live in society and abide by its customs and traditions, all while struggling to hold tight to his own as a Native American. It bothers him to live in a society dominated by one race and any other culture labeled inferior. He tries hard to assimilate the white man’s culture, but knew in his heart he belonged elsewhere, with others who shared the same traditions and values as him. This story raises several interesting ideas, such as what defines a culture? A larger question that this story brings to light is what separates people? What makes them different

At first he was satisfied with who he was, yet his Native American culture influenced him because he realized he was different. Entering the new school, he lost his entire sense of pride. He wanted to be more like those around him, and forget about who he really was. To him, it wasn’t worth it any more to be a Native American. If he had not gone away from the reservation, he would still be happy with who he was. Yet in school, he was not. Wind-Wolf’s father tells us that the reason behind him not focusing is not his lack of understanding, but rather how much he understood. He says, “…He may be looking out the window as if daydreaming. Why? Because he has been taught to watch and study nature…In his heart … he knows that this is the time of year that he is supposed to be with his people gathering and preparing fish…” (78). Instinctively, he knew that it wasn’t time for school, but rather time to get ready for the winter that awaited them. For all the young men were out hunting and fishing while the women were gathering and making clothing to keep warm. He understood this and would have rather been there doing what he was destined to do. This made the transition into the classroom for the first time extremely difficult. It made him want to change his culture and be somebody that he was not. The culture he grew up with impacted the way he responded to his new environment, as he wished that he could fit

(Lake 75) His son, Wind-Wolf, was born and raised on a reservation surrounded with people of his heritage who also hold different views and knowledges from his western peers. (Lake 75) Wind-Wolf comes home from school and wants to change his looks or his ways because of his kindergarten peers and what they say about him. (Lake 78) Whether Wind-Wolf chose to be around them or

Along with the story “Everyday Use” and the poem “My Mother Pieced Quilts”, Culture change in “An Indian Father’s Plea”, affects views greatly, most certainly in Wind Wolf’s case. Wind-Wolf was not accepted in his new school because he was an outlier there. He was raised different, advanced in other aspects, and is just all around different compared to the white kids in his new school. There, Wind-Wolf then starts to defect his culture. Just because someone else's culture and way of life isn't necessarily rubbing off on him.

Everybody has their own definition of Culture – and when this word is used generally, most audiences have a rough idea of its meaning. Culture usually refers to the beliefs, ideas, languages, rituals and traditions by certain communities, that are passed from generation to generations continuously over the past many centuries. In society, two cultures cannot be same if one is located on the west coast and the other one is all the way to the East. As we compare, the American and Indian cultures have very vast differentiation between them. While the culture of America is a mixture of different cultures since each immigrant internally packed his or her previously

Culture can be defined in many ways due to the fact that everyone can have their own distinct and traditional beliefs and values. “ Culture is fluid, it is not a static entity which one takes out of the box on occasion. It is with us daily” (Cultural Handout). Someone’s culture is set as the characteristics of the group practices in language, religion, types of food, social traits and habits, and the distinct arts and music. There are a variety of different cultures for example, Western Culture, Eastern Culture, Latin Culture, Middle Eastern Culture, and African Culture. All of these different cultures have their own ideas, values, and individualism, laws that are implied, civil rights, and even technology. In our, “ Culture Handout” culture is defined as the tool of the mind, “ it is an individual’s way seeing and interacting within the world. It encompasses one’s values systems, beliefs, and perceptions of the world around them. Race, socio-economic class gender, sexual orientation, ability, geographic location, age, religion language, etc. all impact the formation of culture, but these various context are not culture” (Cultural Handout).