Students were assigned the N. Scott Momaday piece "The Way to Rainy Mountain" and the following questions:
Questions for “The
Way to Rainy Mountain”
Directions: As you read Momaday’s story, answer the
following questions. Have the chapters
from Genesis on your desk so that you can refer to them in order to answer some
of the questions. Feel free to refer to
Pandora’s Box as well.
1) What natural descriptions in Momaday’s story also are
found in Genesis? Find at least five of them and identify the verse in Genesis
that corresponds Momaday’s piece.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
2) How are the beginnings of man similar and different in
the two stories?
3) What is the forbidden fruit found in Momaday’s
story? What knowledge is learned?
4) What evils of mankind are subjected upon Momaday’s
grandmother? What does the grandmother
say about hope? Link your answer to
Pandora’s Box.
5) How is his grandmother’s home like Eden; how is it not?
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