The method of development in the first paragraph is a descriptive approach to an area of nature, Rainy Mountain, in which Momaday, his ancestors, and especially his grandmother deeply value. Rainy Mountain is where all his Kiowan ancestors originated and made it through the hardships of life. Home is where the heart is and this mountain was where his grandmothers, along with all the other Kiowan Native Americans, heart was set on.
"Transported so in the dancing light among the shadows of her room, she seemed beyond the reach of time," (pg. 817 paragraph 10) is a very powerful sensory statement in which his grandmother, in the Momadays' perception, is remembered in a meditative state of prayer in which she is in spirit inspired by the power and her experiences of Rocky Mountain.
One statement "The sun is at home on the plains. Precisely there does it have the certain character of a god," was written to express the the Kiowas strong feelings for how much they will yearn the lands of their origin. After being drawn away from their home, they are understanding and realizing how special that land was and will be to them in the future.
A symbolic statement located on pg. 818 just before tha last paragraph said "It had gone there, I thought, to live and die, for there, of all places, was its small definition made whole and eternal." This is describing a small, unimportant grasshopper being significantly enhanced in importance by standing in front of a moon completely overtaking Momadays view of the night sky. He says this to symbolize the meager existence of one person, Momadays Grandmother, and the huge impact that she has on him with her memories and stories brought to true life by the power of the Rainy Mountain in where she was buried.
And this is what ill post for now because i feel like im doing way too much.
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