Read the following excerpt from Leslie Marmon Silko's story "The Man to Send Rain Clouds." "We found him under a cottonwood tree in the big arroyo near sheep camp. I guess he sat down to rest in the shade and never got up again." Leon walked toward the old man's bed. The red plaid shawl had been shaken and spread carefully over the bed, and a new brown flannel shirt and pair of stiff new Levi's were arranged neatly beside the pillow. Louise held the screen door open while Leon and Ken carried in the red blanket. He looked small and shriveled, and after they dressed him in the new shirt and pants he seemed more shrunken. What detail from this excerpt best symbolizes traditional Pueblo culture? the cottonwood tree the new brown shirt the old man's bed the red blanket

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Cherry

4 April, 14:22

Read the following excerpt from Leslie Marmon Silko's story "The Man to Send Rain Clouds." "We found him under a cottonwood tree in the big arroyo near sheep camp. I guess he sat down to rest in the shade and never got up again." Leon walked toward the old man's bed. The red plaid shawl had been shaken and spread carefully over the bed, and a new brown flannel shirt and pair of stiff new Levi's were arranged neatly beside the pillow. Louise held the screen door open while Leon and Ken carried in the red blanket. He looked small and shriveled, and after they dressed him in the new shirt and pants he seemed more shrunken. What detail from this excerpt best symbolizes traditional Pueblo culture? the cottonwood tree the new brown shirt the old man's bed the red blanket

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Carrillo · Answer 1

The author of "The Man to Send Rain Clouds", Leslie Marmon Silko, is a Native American writer and in this book she explores the tension between the traditional Indian rituals versus the Catholic rituals. This short story tells about the burial of an old man in the pueblo. According to the tradition they painted his face and wrapped him in a blanket for the burial.

Question: What detail from this excerpt best symbolizes traditional Pueblo culture?

Answer: the red blanket

Ozzie · Answer 2

Answer: the red blanket