In life people go through many journeys; both good and bad. In the story Two Old Women, and in the movie, Smoke Signals, their are two people who both go through different journeys, but both have a mesmerizing end to both.
             In the story Two Old Women there are two old women in a tribe that are pretty much hand fed. They do absolutely nothing, while the rest of the tribe does all of the work, such as hunting and preparing the food. Eventually, during the Winter, the tribe starts to get scarce on food and must leave behind the people that are dragging them down. So, the leader of the tribe tells everyone that they must leave the two old women behind, even though most of the people don't fully agree with the decision. As the people in the tribe keep their mouth shut, the tribe leaves the two old women behind while they go to a new territory. The two old women realize that they're all alone and must do everything themselves. Through a tough winter, and a year after, the women have learned how to do things by themselves, and how to be better people in general. During the year, the two old women decided to find the tribe, to prove to them that they could survive by themselves. So, the two women gathered as much food as they possibly could, so they could survive the next winter. As time passes, the tribe that left them behind is starting to fall apart; they are scarce on food again and they know that they won't survive throughout the next winter. The leader of the tribe reflects back on what he did one year ago, and feels a sensation in his body that says that the two old women are still alive. Feeling this, he picks a couple people from his tribe to go on a search for the two women. The people with him believe that he is crazy, but follow with him. After days pass, the leader smells a scent in the air, and follows it. This scent eventually leads them to the two old women, where they are overloaded on food and having a 'nice' time. The peo...