I Heard The Owl Call My Name-Parallelism essays

I Heard The Owl Call My Name-Parallelism essays Soon silence will have passed into legend. Man had turned his back on silence. Day after day he invents machines and devices that increase noise and distract humanity from the essence of life, contemplation, meditation... (Jean Arp. Internet). Since the beginning of time, we have tried to make our lives effortlessly by inventing contraptions to make this world an easier place. Inventions such as the television, computer, phone, and car have made our world a lot easier- making us lazier at the same time. While we think this progress is so vital, we sometimes forget that to gain progress we have to let go of things we are fond of. The tribe described in I Heard the Owl Call My Name has learnt to live without the place they love- their home. Seeing evolutions take its course can be a scary revelation- if youre not prepared. The people of Kingcome could sense their culture depleting and they could cope with the realization that their lives were changing. When all the factors started to pile up, the Kwatkuitl tribe had to face the fact that some day their village would be just a memory in the back of their minds. The earliest hint to the changing culture was that T.P. was the only one alive now whose broad brow showed... it had been tightly bound with cedar bands. (Craven 22.) This quote shows that traditions and culture of the tribe were slowly changing just like the seasons changed. Craven writes that a strange little wind of dissent (51) arose when the native children come home from school. Although the relatives are glad to see their family, the visit also brings up the feeling of resentment to the village because the young no longer know their native language or their tribes history and culture. As Peter the c arver stated: When the young leave, the world takes them, and damages them... [t]hey go, and soon the village will go also. (52). When the time comes, t...