In this excerpt from section xviii of the way to rainy mountain, the author describes his
relationship to the space around him.
you could see far and wide even at night, by the light of the moon, there was nothing to stand in
your way. and when the season turned and it was necessary to move back into the house, there
was a sense of confinement and depression for a time
what does this description convey about the author?
he knows that with the change of seasons the end of the kiowa culture is looming
he faces depression when he has to be in large spaces alone
• he connects the emotion of the people to the condition of the land and seasons
he finds mystical power in the nighttime sky
and tell me if i’m right