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Coming Home
In many Native American cultures, ceremonies of sacrifice and renewal are an annual activity used to promote community and individual well being. In the novel Green Grass, Running Water, Thomas King suggests that when one is able to fully accept one's own self and/or cultural traditions, a renew ....
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.... culture. Even though she portrays such a momentous occasion as inconsequential, its inclusion in her lecture is an unconscious admission to herself of how her own desire for inner peace can be realized through this cultural celebration. Alberta closes her lecture by wishing her class a good long weekend, then departs for "home."
Alberta is discontent with her relationships and herself. She is dating two men, Lionel and Charlie. When either starts "talking commitment," or begins "hinting about spending more time together," she avoids them for "two or three ....
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