elements of Lame Deer’s writing style
Paper details:
Use the topic below and write a focused, concretely developed, and grammatically correct response. At the top, list the number and the question you are responding to. 1. Analyze/assess several elements of Lame Deer’s writing style, documenting his use of each with specific referencagnes to the text.
The stories I liked best had to do with Iktome, the evil spiderman, a smart-ass who played tricks on everybody. One day this
spider was walking by a lake where he saw many ducks swimming
around. This sight gave him a sudden appetite for roast duck. He
stuffed his rawhide bag full of grass and then he showed himself.
When the ducks saw him they started to holler, “ Where are you
going, Iktome?”
“I am going to a big powwow.”
“What have you got in your bag, Iktome? ”
“ It’s full of songs which I am taking to the powwow, good
songs to dance to.”
“ How about singing some songs for us?” begged the ducks.
The tricky spider made a big show of not wanting to do it. He
told the ducks he had no time for them, but in the end he pretended to give in, because they were such nice birds. “ I’ll sing for
you,” he told the ducks, “ but you must help me.”
“W e’ll do what you want. Tell us the rules.”
“ Well, you must form three rows. In the front row, all you fat
ones, get in there. In the second row go all those who are neither
fat nor thin—the in-betweens. The poor scrawny ones go in the
third row, way down there. And you have to act out the song, do
