Reflection #2 The Way to Rainy Mountain

The essay The Way to Rainy Mountain is about the life of momaday’s grandmother. She is part of a Native American tribe named the Kiowas. The Kiowas are one of America’s last Native American tribes to evolve. They lived in a place in Oklahoma which they called Rainy Mountain. There they experienced the worst weather. But it was a beautiful land full of .

The Kiowas had a religion in which they believed in myths and different gods. They had reverence for the sun and made rituals which they called Sun Dance.

The author’s grandmother dies and he goes to Rainy Mountain because he wants to be with her at her grave. On his way to see her, he narrates the story of her life and how was it like for her to be a Kiowas. She experienced a lot of things since she lived in one of the Kiowas’ worst times. They where forbidden to believe in their faith and ordered to disperse. But even if they where separated they still had their religion, culture and traditions.

And this is basically what the author wants to say in this essay. The culture of his people, the Kiowas, the way they lived and the way time and technology made them cease to be as they did.

Actually this essay is part of a book. This book is all about the Kiowas, Their mythology, religion, culture, traditions. It is about the journey of Momaday's Kiowa ancestors from their ancient beginnings in the Montana area to their final war and surrender to the United States at Fort Sill, and subsequent resettlement near Rainy Mountain, Oklahoma.

In conclusion this essay and book are more than history a way to make us reflect of what happened, what is happening and what could happen to some cultures, so we have to think if this is what we want to happen to many of this cultures that still exist. We know that we can learn a lot from them.

Reflection #1 Blood and Chocolate

Movies about werewolves these days seem to be all the same. We don’t see much originality or anything new in them. Most of these kinds of movies are about a beast that goes around the city killing people. But the movie “Blood and Chocolate” is the exception to this stereotype. There are many factors that make this true.

First it shows a very different point of view of what a werewolf is. The style that the director gave to these creatures makes them unique among others. They are peaceful creatures that can transform at will. Not like in other movies where they go around randomly killing people. Also when a werewolf transforms it doesn’t look like an ugly scary monster, instead it turns into a real, beautiful wolf. This is a detail that really called my attention in this movie.

Another thing that makes it very unique is the place where it takes place. It was filmed in Bucharest, Romania so in many scenes we can see the beauty of this place. The architecture, statues, cities, and many other aspects that make this place fit for this movie. The director filmed it there because wanted to work with real wolves which really live in Romania's woods, instead of using computer-generated wolf creatures.

Since the moment I saw this movie I started comparing it with the movie “night watch” because I had the same impression to both of them; the feeling that I wasn’t watching more of the same stuff, that instead I was watching great pieces of work even though they are both very different from each other.

These factors are what make the film a precious piece of art that is worth spending your time. You’ll get a great story, great graphics and effects and you’ll have a very good time.

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