Dancing With Wolves
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Submitted by vogue81658 on 06/30/2008 05:21 PM
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Dancing With Wolves
The Sioux Native Americans do a dance every time before they hunt for Buffalo. It is considered a vital part of their lives to show respect for the Buffalo before they hunt it. This represents a cultural more because it is considered a vital part of their actions in hunting Buffalo.
Another example of a cultural more was when the major went to the bathroom in his pants and then told people about it. This is not a common or likeable thing to do, but the major would not be punished for the law for going against the norm.
At the beginning of the film, Dances with Wolves, both John Dunbar and the Indians believed they were superior to the other. They each believed their culture was correct, while the other was not important. As the movie continues John Dunbar begins to grow an appreciation for the Indian culture and the Indians realize Dunbar is not just there to take their land. In order to show that Dunbar has been assimilated in to the Indian culture, he is given the name Dances with Wolves. All of the other Indians possess names similar to this and it shows that they have accepted him as one of them. Dunbar also begins to accustom himself to their Native American language and soon learns it fluently. He also wears the clothing of the native Sioux tribe members. This shows his transformation from believing his culture was the best to inheriting many characteristics of the Sioux culture.
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