Part one of term paper
Throughout N. Scott Momaday's novel House Made of Dawn, there are many religious references, mostly Catholic names. One must wonder why the story of a Native American's struggle to return to his cultural roots would be laced throughout with Catholic references, especially predominantly Catholic character names. However, these same religiou ...

Part two of term paper
... In the Book of Genesis, it says, "Later she gave birth to his brother Abel. In the course of time … Cain was very angry, and … Cain said to his brother Abel, 'Let's go out to the field.' And while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him" (Genesis 4:2-3,5,8). This image of Abel as the helpless victim can be applied to Momaday's character as well. First, it is interesting to note the altercation between Cain and Abel in comparison to Abel's killing of the white man ...