Dances with Wolves

What Comanche traits most appeal to Dunbar? List three, and show how each differs from its white-settler counterpart. 

Suggest two reasons why Stands With A Fist has trouble remembering her childhood English skills. 

Kicking Bird shows several traits that make him an excellent leader and counselor. Describe three, and for each explain how it helps him contribute to the band’s welfare. 

List the differences between the way the Comanche make use of the buffalo and how the white settlers do so. Why do the Comanche dislike the settlers’ approach? 

Two Socks, wanting to be Dunbar’s friend, makes overtures to him. How does this symbolize Dunbar’s relationship to his prairie environment? 

Wind In His Hair at first wants to kill Dunbar, but finally they become fast friends. What does Dunbar do to change the warrior’s attitude? Give examples from the story, and explain how each affects Wind In His Hair’s judgment of Dunbar. 

At the winter camp, Ten Bears struggles with Dances With Wolves’ decision to leave. What is his solution to the puzzle? What trait of his aging mind does he exploit in doing so? Briefly argue whether Ten Bears is having a psychic insight or a lucky outpouring of a declining mind. 

Dances With Wolves dreams that his adopted people lie dead, killed by an army of frozen white people, yet the Comanche hearts still beat in unison. What does this dream mean? How does it affect the elders when Dances With Wolves relates it to them?