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6 pages in length. To examine the extent to which Ayla possesses a spiritual sense about her and provides a unique insight into the human process is to delve more deeply into the fundamental components of Auel's storyline. The scope of Ayla as the symbolic representation of man's evolution upon this planet is both grand and far-reaching; that she is also the epitome of spiritual connection between two otherwise disparate cultures speaks to the tremendous gap Auel sought to bridge in The Clan of the Cave Bear and The Valley of Horses with regard to how the human race progressed. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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more deeply into the fundamental components of Auels storyline. The scope of Ayla as the symbolic representation of mans evolution upon this planet is both grand and far-reaching; that
she is also the epitome of spiritual connection between two otherwise disparate cultures speaks to the tremendous gap Auel sought to bridge in The Clan of the Cave Bear and
The Valley of Horses with regard to how the human race progressed. Aylas introduction in The Clan of the Cave Bear stuns readers from the start, inasmuch as she is
thrust into the lives of - and compelled to be raised by - people who are from a previous time, a culture that did not equate with her own.
As years pass, however, Aylas character is allowed to grow and mature within the boundaries of this earlier civilization to the point where she infiltrates their social infrastructure by contributing
life-changing tools and other commodities that serve to alter the Clans very existence. Aylas talents are many, not the least of which is the ability to absorb new ideas and
abilities. Iza successfully instructs her as a medicine healer despite the fact that as an Other, she is incapable of drawing up ancestral recollections. This new talent is
put to the test when she samples a bit of her own herbal concoction at the Clan gathering and immediately starts tripping. Readers can readily construe her psychotropic episode
as part of her spiritual ability, inasmuch as her skewed mental state allows her to tap into an empty space whereby she envisions many things that, while abstract in description,
clearly allude to contemporary human existence. "She had a fleeting glimpse of the cave again, followed by a confusing kaleidoscope of landscapes, laid out not with the randomness of
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