Re-read the short story, "Blue Winds Dancing" by Whitecloud, noting how the author uses sensory description (e.g. crunch of snow that immediately brings on a vision of boots) in order to bring about his theme of loneliness and longing for "home." This assignment focuses on use of sensory details in enhancing writing.
There is a difference between a house (a physical structure) and a home) a place where the heart is). Whether the home is where you are presently living or far away, a childhood retreat, where you are welcomed back by those who love you or whether it is a negative environment, describe It thoroughly, using the sensory details of sight, smell, taste, sound to enhance your descriptionNour reader should
be able to picture what you set down!
Your paper should be two-to-three pages in length.
QUESTIONS
1. Describe the first section of the story in terms of the structure. How could a case be made that this first section contains its own crisis and climax and that the rest of the story is really a resolution?
2. What do you learn in the first section about the conflict in the attitudes of the narrator? What is his attitude about "civilization"? What values make him think this way? If he is the protagonist, who or what is the antagonist?
3. What does the narrator mean by saying, "I am alone; alone but not nearly so lonely , I was back on the campus at school" (paragraph 22)?
4. What is meant by the dancing of the blue winds-what kind of wisdom? What is the place for such wisdom in today's computerized, industrialized society?