The-Way-to-Rainy-Mountain解读

PartIIITextAnalysisTitleQuestionsoncontentQuestionsonappreciationStructureofthetextStructureoftheText(I)•Para1—lyricaldescriptionoftheauthor’sancestralland:RainyMountain•Para2---TheauthorexplainshispurposeofhisvisittoRainyMountain:tobeathisgrandmother’sgrave•Para3---sumsupthehistoryoftheKiowaasaPlainNativeCulture—thegoldentimeandthedeclineinhistoryStructureoftheText(II)•Para4-9----byinvolvinghimselfwiththelandscape,exploresthethreestagesoftheKiowasculture—emergence,evolutionanddeclineDecline(1850—1950s)•DeprivationofSunDance•NearExtinctionofbuffalo•thelastdaysoftheSunDanceculturebyusinggrandmotherasawitnessStructureoftheText(III)•Para10---concentratesonlyongrandmother’sstoryratherthanmixingitwiththehistoryofthewholeKiowatribe•Para11---theoldhousesatRainyMountain,whichgrandmotherandotherKiowasusedtolivein,whicharenowempty•Para12---describethereunionsthatwereonceheldatthegrandmother’shousewhentheauthorwasachild•Para13-15---endAppreciation-paraphrase•Lonelinessisanaspectoftheland.•Lonelinessisamajorqualityofthislandscape.Aswecansee,thedepictionofthelandisinjectedwiththeauthor'sownemotionsandimagination,bringingoutthespiritoftheplace.Theauthoremphasizeslonelinessperhapsbecausethisqualityenablesonetoconcentrateone'smindontheearth.Appreciation-paraphrase•Yourimaginationcomestolife,andthis,youthink,iswhereCreationwasbegun.•Thelandscapemakesyourimaginationvividandlifelike,andyoubelievethatthecreationofthewholeuniversewasbegunrighthere.Differentculturesandreligionshavedifferentmythsabouthowtheuniversebegan.Appreciation-paraphrase•WarfarefortheKiowaswaspreeminentlyamatterofdispositionratherthanofsurvival.•WarfarewasimportantfortheKiowasmorebecauseoftheirmilitanttendencythanbecauseoftheirneedforsurvival.TheKiowasoftenfoughtjustbecausetheyweregoodwarriors,becausetheyfoughtoutofhabit,character,nature,notbecausetheyneededextralandsormaterialgiantsforthesakeofsurvivingandthriving.Appreciation-paraphrase•Mygrandmotherwassparedthehumiliationofthosehighgraywallsbyeightortenyeas.•Luckily,mygrandmotherdidnotsufferthehumiliationofbeingputintoaclosureforholdinganimals,forshewasborneightortenyearsaftertheevent.TheKiowaswerehumiliatedbecausetheyweretreatedlikeanimals.Appreciation-paraphrase•Butshemusthaveknownfrombirththeafflictionofdefeat,thedarkbroodingofoldwarriors.•Fromherearlychildhood,shemusthaveheardwhathadhappenedfromherparentsandgrandparents.Thereforeshemusthaveknownthegreatpainanddistressbroughtbydefeat,andshemusthaveseenhowtheyhadkeptthinkingabouttheirdefeatinagloomyandhopelessway.Appreciation-paraphrase•AlthoughmygrandmotherlivedoutherlonglifeintheshadowofRainyMountain,theimmenselandscapeofthecontinentalinteriorlaylikememoryinherblood.•AlthoughmygrandmotherneverleftRainyMountaininherlonglife,theimmenselandscapeoftheGreatPlainslayinhermemoryasifshehadlivedthereherself.Appreciation-paraphrase•Thereisperfectfreedominthemountains,butitbelongstotheeagleandtheelk,thebadgerandthebear.•Iadmitthereisperfectfreedominthemountains,butonlyanimalscanenjoythisfreedomthoroughly.TheKiowasdidnotfeelfreeatall.Herethissentenceechoestheideaof“thesenseofconfinement”expressedearlier.Appreciation-paraphrase•Clustersoftreesandanimalsgrazingfarinthedistancecausethevisiontoreachawayandwondertobuilduponthemind.•Theearthunfoldsandthelimitofthelandisfarinthedistance,wherethereareclustersoftreesandanimalseatinggrass.Thislandscapemakesoneseefarandbroadensone'shorizon.Rememberthattheycouldmotseefarintothedistanceintheforest-coveredmountains.Appreciation-paraphrase•Thegreatbillowingcloudsthatsailuponitareshadowsthatmoveuponthegrainlikewater,dividinglight.•Cloudsswelllikelargewavesandmovelikesailsuponthesky,castingshadowsonthegrainfields.Asthecloudsmove,theshadowsmove,too,makingsomepatchesoflandbrighterandsomedarker.Appreciation-paraphrase•Notyetwouldtheyveersouthwardtothecaldronofthelandthatlaybelow;theymustweantheirbloodfromthenorthernwinterandholdthemountainsawhilelongerintheirview.•Theywouldnotyetchangethedirectionsouthwardtothelandlyingbelowwhichwaslikealargekettle.First,theymustgivetheirbodiessometimetogetusedtotheplains.Secondly,theydidn'twanttolosesightofthemountainssosoon.Appreciation-paraphrase•Shemadelong,ramblingprayersoutofsufferingandhope,havingseenmanythings.•Sinceshehadseenmanythings,experiencedalotinherlonglife,shetalkedaboutsufferingandhopeinherlonganddisconnectedprayers.Appreciation-paraphrase•…soexclusiveweretheyofmerecustomandcompany.•Grandmother’sprayersdidnotfollowanycustomarywayofpraying,andshedidnotwantanyoneelsetohearthem.Appreciation-paraphrase•Transportedsointhedancinglightamongtheshadowsofherroom,sheseemedbeyondthereachoftime.•Inthiswayshewasentrancedinthedancinglightamongtheshadowsofherroom,andsheseemedtobetimeless;itseemedthatshewouldliveforever.Appreciation-paraphrase•…youimaginethereisnothingwithin,andindeedtherearemanyghosts,bonesgivenuptotheland.•Foranoutsider,theold,houselooksempty;butforsomeonewhoknowsandcherishesthehistoryoftheKiowas,thehousereflectstheundyingspiritoftheKiowapeople,whogavetheirlivestotheland.Whydoes