The Plot of Tom Whitecloud’s “Blue Winds Dancing”

At first, the complexity of Tom Whitecloud’s plot in “Blue Winds Dancing” is not clear. The main

character is a young Indian that attends college; the story seems to be no more than a college student going back

home because of missing it. The description of the nature and surroundings gives the allusion that you are already

there. By the story’s end, the plot is clear: It consists of the brave Indian trying to find where he fits in the world .

His decisions despite the consequences gives the story its denotation. It consist of corresponding with being

civilized, being inferior to the whites, the embarrassment of some Indian ways, and if he is Indian or white.

Being civilized is a short, but strong topic in this story. This conflict is discussed by Whitecloud as “try to

do everything you don’t want to, never doing anything you want to (6).” He debates this situation with tradition

and customs; the white men never caring or kno...