Tom Whitecloud's "Blue Winds Dancing" and E. Pauline Johnson's "A
             Red Girl's Reasoning" are both stories that comment on cultural differences
             between the dominant white North American culture and the Native culture.
             In "Blue Winds Dancing", a young Native college student reflects his place in society
             while making a journey home. In "A Red Girl's Reasoning", an Englishman loses his
             Native wife as a result of his narrow-mindedness towards her culture. The two stories are
             very similar because we see how the white culture has affected both Native characters.
             Although the two stories contain different situations, both authors' use of point of view,
             descriptive diction, and the characters' actions, help convey their themes of cultural
             differences between Natives and the dominant white culture.
             Through Whitecloud's and Johnson's points of view, we see the emotions which
             surround our two Native characters. In "Blue Winds Dancing", the character's thoughts
             are shown through the first person point of view. Through this point of view, the young
             Native's persona is brought to life through his thoughts. The character doubts his place in
             both the "white" man's world and his own heritage, shown in the line "Am I Indian
             or am I white?" The character feels alone in both cultures. He illustrates his
             uncertainty about his role as a young Native when he says "We just don't
             seem to fit in anywhere-certainly not among the whites, and not among the
             older people." As he makes his journey home, the character contemplates the anger he
             feels toward the inferiority of his race. Similarly, Johnson uses point of view to convey
             her theme of social and cultural differences in "A Red Girl's Reasoning." However, the
             point of view used is the third person omniscient. Through this point of the view, the
             author allows us to see both the white man's view and the Native American's view. The
             reader sees how Ch...