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A 4 page paper which examines the theme of conversion in House Made of Dawn by Momaday, Monkey Beach by Robinson and Bearheart the Heirship Chronicles by Vizenor. No additional sources cited.
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a new tradition, or converting their old tradition as they address issues regarding the society. It could be said that they are cultural orphans in the predominant culture and as
such are seeking their identity which often involves the pressure to convert or the resistance against conversion. The following paper examines three novels that offer the reader a look at
ways of such conversion. The works are House Made of Dawn by N. Scott Momaday, Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson and Bearheart the Heirship Chronicles by Gerald Vizenor. Conversion:
Momaday, Robinson and Vizenor As would be expected, especially considering that the literary culture, the orphans, of the works are from different tribes or aboriginal peoples, the approach to conversion
and the perception of the predominant culture in these works is very different. For example, in Monkey Beach the primarily character is a young woman stuck in between her culture
and the dominant white culture in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. In House Made of Dawn is more of a Midwestern United States native culture, and with Vizenors
work the story is very fantastical, almost invoking images of science fiction mixed with Native American cultures. Anyone familiar with Native American cultures understands that each tribe was a culture
unto itself in many ways and in light of this the characters all differ in these subtle ways. But, at the same time each work is about how these
Native peoples must somehow come to terms with the society of the white man that makes the predominant culture and often a culture that has done everything possible to destroy
the aboriginal peoples. This is the foundation of all these books in relationship to the orphan position of the individuals. In the case of Lisamarie in Monkey Beach the
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