Summary Of An Indian Father's Pea

Culture is social behavior and norms found in human societies. Culture is a personal lifestyle or mindset towards the things we interact with. Culture always informs the way one views others because cultural stereotypes and cultural associations are formed due to the interpretation of personal experiences and the culture of those that surround them.

In the letter, “An Indian Father’s Plea” it tells of a perfect example of cultural associations. In paragraph 12 it tells that the teacher had difficulty reading Wind-Wolf’s name and called him Wind, believing that Wolf was his middle name. In this example it shows the teachers stereotype towards Wind-Wolf’s name because she was reading his name as if reading a common style American name. Also, throughout the story the author expresses concern towards the method of teaching being used and its expectations. In paragraph 11 it states. “He is not culturally disadvantaged, but he is culturally different” this is important because it shows the different perspectives from the author and the teacher. Though the teacher saw it as a disadvantage the author saw it as being simply different than the teacher’s cultural stereotypes and interpretation …show more content…
This is because those around you develop your culture and how you look at things. In “Two Kinds” it show in paragraph 41-43 that the author’s mother based her culture on those around her and push it on to the author. In paragraph 18 of “An Indian Man’s Plead” it states, “Now he refuses to sing his native songs, play with his Indian artifacts, learn his language, or participate in his sacred ceremonies. When I ask him to go to an urban powwow or help me with a sacred sweat-lodge ritual, he says no because "that's weird" and he doesn't want his friends at school to think he doesn't believe in God.” This is significant because it shows a change in attitude towards things of his culture due to his friends’

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