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Summary: This is an increadabile Book!
Review: After I read the book "Dances with Wolves" I felt like I had a greater understanding of the way naitives were treated in the early days of the country. I liked his ways of descriptions, he knew how to "Show and Not Tell," for example: "They [Confederates] rose like targets in a shooting gallery, pouring out rifle fire in sheets as the solitary horseman dashed past. They couldn't hit him." Wow! Can't Ya See It?!! Another example is shown here where he is talking about the passing buffalo:". . .a gigantic swath of torn up ground a half-mile wide , sweeping over the prairie like some immense, dung-littered highway." This is an amazing book that everyone needs to read!
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Summary: An enjoyable eazy read
Review: Although I will not claim that this book is a piece of grat literature, I thouroghly enjyed reading it. It provides view of Native Americans which is neather idealized or demonstracized. Additionally the plot is interesting, excitind and inciteful.
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Summary: Enjoyable - modern version of Little Big Man
Review: Civil War hero Lt. John J. Dunbar is posted on the frontier at the deserted Fort Sedgewick. After realizing that no one is coming to join him, he befriends a neighboring Comanche camp. In time, he learns the Comanche way of life and with the help of Comanches Wind in His Hair, Kicking Bird, Ten Bears, Stone Calf, and Stands with a Fist, he learns the language and culture.After successfully fighting off a Pawnee attack, Lt. Dunbar (Dances with Wolves) marries Stands with a Fist and becomes a part of the Comanche tribe. In the end, he is forced to choose between his past as a white soldier or what he has now become - a Comanche Indian. The death, destruction, and disregard for nature by the whites moves him to stay with the Comanche. The books is enjoyable and quick reading.
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Summary: Fantastic to the End!!!
Review: Dances with Wolves is an excellent book for readers who would like to understand more about the ways of indain life. I saw the movie years ago, but it was nothing compared to the book. The book can describe the emotions of the characters that the movie can not capture. Dances with Wolves is about a lieutenant name John Dunbar, who was posted to the abandon Fort Sedgwick by a drunken general. There he lives alone only accompanied by his horse Cisco and a old wolf he named Two Socks waiting for more soilders who will never come. Lieutentant Dunbar then found out there are Comanche Indains nearby and starts to attempt to make contact with them. After gaining their trust, he is favored by all the Comache Indians. Even though he is accepted in the Comanche tribe, could he give up his soilder ways and live the rest of his life in the wild prairie.That is something you'll have to read the book in order to find out. If you're the type of person who is intrested in reading books about the old west then I suggest you read this one.
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Summary: Dances w/ wolves is a good book for readers who love history
Review: Dances with wolves was an extraordinary piece of literature. It shows a side of the American soldier that is seldom seen. It shows how one soldier having no prior knowledge of Native American culture can be drawn in to the Camanche tribe and welcomed among the native people. John Dunbar was yearning to become a war hero by tackling on the challenge of setting up and managing a command post near Indian territory. In his quest he experiences a variety of new emotions. First he feels abandonement when his troops never arrive to join him. This leaves him to make due with whatever resources he can find. Second he feels befriended when his arrival, although unexpected is welcomed by the Comanche people. Later, after he fights along side the Comanche tribe to ward off a rival tribe and marries a Comanche woman named "Stands with a Fist" he feels comradery as well as belonging and loyalty. There is a message in this piece for every reader. Personally I found it intruiging to read about how friendly and understanding and spriritual the Native Americans were. After all John Dunbar was the perceived enemy at the time. If people would strive to be more caring and understanding towards one another maybe we all would go through a stage of change and acceptance such as John Dunbar did. Once again Dances with Wolves gets a 10 on my rating chart.
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Summary: Dances with Wolves
Review: Dances with Wolves written by Michael Blake is a well told story about a man searching for inner peace and his choices in life after the savage Civil War. A man changed forever by war and later a man who embarks upon an adventure sure to change his life as he is faced with one of the greatest decisions as to loyalty. Lieutenant John Dunbar is sent to the outer regions, an abandoned army post out in the middle of nowhere, where only the Comanche are company and his survival is in peril. Sooner or later Dunbar must make contact with the Indian camp or he will surely perish. This is a story about a man and survival... a dangerous adventure that will lead Dunbar to make a choice for the rest of his life. Dunbar is weary, lonely, and after a raid of his post, by the Comanche... hungry. With only a lone wolf for company he makes a decision that will change his future and finds love and acceptance. But Dunbar's past is soon to come back to haunt him as the army finally comes around, but Dunbar is living with the Comanche. Now, faced with arrest, the Comanche rescue him and he comes to the decision that he must leave or he will bring an end to life for the Comanche. A man must give up his past in order to have a future, a future that is uncertain, but, nevertheless a future he could never have otherwise. This is truly a touching tale told well, easily readable and gripping.
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Summary: The Story about the West
Review: Do you enjoy stories about American history? The book, "Dances With Wolves," written by Michael Blake is a spectacular story. This story is instructive. The author illustrates how important it is to change one's identity in order to survive in a different culture. The overall tone of the book is encouraging. This is an honest tale that describes relationships between an American soldier and Native Americans. The Comanches, a Native American tribe, are depicted here as real people. Readers gain access to the life of the main character through his intimate thoughts and feelings. This is also a great love story. I would recommend this book to teens and adults who are interested in stories about the Old West, American history, and good old fashioned adventure.
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Summary: The Story about the West
Review: Do you enjoy stories about American history? The book, "Dances With Wolves," written by Michael Blake is a spectacular story. This story is instructive. The author illustrates how important it is to change one's identity in order to survive in a different culture. The overall tone of the book is encouraging. This is an honest tale that describes relationships between an American soldier and Native Americans. The Comanches, a Native American tribe, are depicted here as real people. Readers gain access to the life of the main character through his intimate thoughts and feelings. This is also a great love story. I would recommend this book to teens and adults who are interested in stories about the Old West, American history, and good old fashioned adventure.
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Summary: Gripping!
Review: I have seen the film many times and one day at the library I picked the book up and well it has held me in it's intense, heart warming story since! The book is much better than the film. The story is about an american soldier who wants to be posted in the frontier before it vanishes and becomes civilized. He is posted to a Fort Sedgewick and he is all alone. The army have forgotten about him and he finds neighbours, friends and loved ones with the Indians. He finds he belongs with them. I definately recommend this book. It is a worthwhile read.
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Summary: Blake at His Best
Review: I must say that the film is one of my all-time favorites, and sadly, the book, while still good, hardly measures up. You just can't beat the special effects, the music, and the photography. Both the book and the film portray the decline of the wild frontier wonderfully.
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