Dances With Wolves

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Summary: Dance with Wolves
Review: The book,"Dance with Wolves", written by Michael Blake explores the theme of how different races coexistence. The main character, Lieutenant John Dunbar, who was a Union soldier, meets the Comanche, who are Native Americans on the frontier. The reader is reminded how important symbols are in a different tradition in order to survive. The overall tone of the book is one of conflict and emotion. American history provides the backdrop for the novel. The book also might evoke the reader to question whether the the US goverment is still invading the land of people who are racially different. I recommend this book to high school students or young adults because I want younger people to understand with objectivity what America is doing to countries today. The book is a historical fiction novel and has a hidden message for peace.

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Summary: Dances With Wolves
Review: This of course is the book that inspired the hugely popular movie of the same title. I'd always been under the impression that it was a poorly written book and had no desire to read it until recently. As it turns out, it is in fact not the best written book, but it is an enjoyable and entertaining simple story of an American soldier who gets posted to a fort on the American frontier, only to learn that it is no longer occupied. The military soon forgets that he is there and after manning the post alone for some time, he befriends and then becomes a member of a band of Comanche. As a Comanche, he comes find himself and true meaning in life--not to mention the love of his life.

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Summary: Different perspective of life Native Americans
Review: Would you like to read a story about a Native Americans which is unlike anything you have read before?
The book "Dances with Wolves" written by Michael Blake is a controversial story. It is controversial because it portrays a different image of Native Americans and Americans soldiers. The life of Native Americans is shown from a different perspective through the eyes of Lieutenant Dunbar.
By living among the Comanche, Lieutenant Dunbar finds many good qualities in them. They are generous. They share their food, traditions, knowledge, and even one of their "daughters". Likewise we can see another side of the Unite States Army with many negative qualities. We meet drunkards; bullies and crazy generals.
I would recommend reading this store to people are an interested in history and life in the West. This books a gives a different perspective of life at that time. The good "guys" can be bad, and the bad "guys" can be good.