Discussion of Black Elk Speaks

It is a saint of the Lakota Sioux National Ogura Band to discuss black elk which is talking with black moose. Black elka sees his life as "a story of a powerful vision" (BES, page 2). As a child, black moose is fortunate to have a wonderful vision from other worlds. By accepting his great vision, black moose has acquired a powerful ability, "ability" (BES, page 201). And that is the power to create better power for individuals and states suffering from illness. At that time he did not know that, but this vision will be a blueprint for his life.

As John Nehart said, the novel "Black Elk Speaking", published in 1932, is the story of the life of Oglaus saints. In a series of long discussions between the two, the Black Elka taught Ogras' s story of a tragic year of his own story and Castel's battle, ghost dance and injured knee massacres. The central theme of Black Elk Speaks is on the first page of this book. Black Elk's words "The thing I remember was that I was living in happiness and sorrow, so the things I remember often seem to be itself a story itself" is a story It is the center. Black moose shows the story of his life in this historical story. He told us that when the white man and his capitalist society exceeded themselves, the challenges he and his people experienced are heartache and despair. Playful young people and old wise people play a role in the personal growth and maturation of Black Elka.

Black elka told John Neyhartt in his life story in 1931, and he wrote it all in the book, Black Elk speaks. Black moose is the leader and saint of the Siou Indian tribe. At the age of nine in 1873, he insisted that he showed a "wonderful vision" in the sky until he talks to someone in a few years. This is part of the vision of providing a picture of the future of his four generations. "So when people are ready to start the fourth rise, it sounds like someone is crying:" Look at your country. "Sharp, as they are starving Their ponies are just hidden bones, and the holy trees are gone.