Author:
Michael Blake
Title:
Dances with wolves
Number of pages:
313
Publisher:
Random House Publishing
Genre:
True story
Why’d I chose this book:
I just saw it in the library, and I heard a lot about it, so I decided to read it.
First reaction:
Just like almost every book: a bit boring.
Summary:
Lieutenant Dunbar is send to Fort Sedgewick to help the group that is already there. But the circumstances are very touch so the group has left the fort. When Dunbar arrives in the outlying, abandoned fort, he wants to stay there, he thinks he has to, because it’s his duty. The only man who knew that Dunbar was send to fort Sedgewick, was the man who drove him to the fort. But on his way back, he has been killed by some Indians.
Now Dunbar is all alone, but he likes it. Little by little he is becoming one with the prairie and the wonderful nature around him. All the things he does, he writes in a sort of diary. But he also misses some company. He and his special horse Cisco are all alone. And of course the old wolf that comes now and then. Dunbar called him Two Socks because he has two white socks on his front legs. The wolf comes regularly by and eats the things that Dunbar offers him.
Suddenly he catches a sight of an Indian who is trying to get into the corral where Cisco is standing. When he sees Dunbar, he is frightened, jumps on his small horse and rides away. It’s a Comanche Indian and the camp where they live is near by the fort. Kicking Bird is his name and he is the medicine man in the camp, a very respected person. He tells the happening in the camp, and some boys tried to steal the horse again. But Cisco was too smart and turned back to Dunbar.
When Dunbar wants to go and find the Indian camp, he sees a young women who is very wounded. It’s an Indian women, Stands With a Fist. He brought her back to the camp. Kicking Bird was intrigued with this strange man and goes with Wind In His Hair to the fort. They drink coffee together with Dunbar and try to communicate with signs. Little by little, Dunbar gets his own place in the camp. Stands With a Fist is recovered again, and when Dunbar ‘discovers’ that she’s white, they are trying to talk. After months of practising he can speak Comanche very good.
In the main time Kicking Bird and some other warriors are going to fight with enemies, far way from the camp. Dunbar, now Dances With Wolves, can not go with them, because he is not experienced enough. When the warriors are already a few weeks gone, the Comanche camp is getting attacked by the hated Pawnee Indians.
Dances With Wolves and three other men get some guns from the fort, and thanks to that and the strategy of Dances With Wolves, they won the fight without losing any Comanche men. From that moment Dances With Wolves is really accepted. And when he and Stands With a Fist are falling in love and getting married, he is luckier than ever. When they are moving to the winter camp, Dances With Wolves realises that he has been stupid. He has left his diary in the fort! All the people would know what had happened with him and the Comanches! He drove back to the fort, but there were already new soldiers. Cisco was shot and Dances With Wolves was detain. When some warriors helped him escape, Dances With Wolves was sure that the white men would search him and that he would bring the Comanches in great danger.So he wanted to go away and hide together with his wife.
But the people in the camp would not let him leave, so he was going with them and was very relieved.
Characters
Lieutenant Dunbar: (or also ‘Dances With Wolves’): he’s a pretty and brave young man. He’s smart and funny. But he’s alone with his soul mate, the horse Cisco. He’s very impulsive, doing things and after doing it, feel sorry about it.
Kicking Bird: Kicking Bird is also a very important person in the story. He’s the one who saw Lieutenant Dunbar first and is also the one who visits him after bringing back the woman. He's the medicine-man of the Comanches and is very important in the camp. With his calm character he gets a lot of respect.
Themes
Being part of a “society”
Explanation of the title:
The name of the main character is Lieutenant Dunbar, but his friends call him dances with wolves, because he played with a wolf.
Point of view:
The story is told in the third person.
Judgment:
The book was okay, but this kind of books are normally not my kind of style. It was a bit too thick. It wasn’t really super interesting.
Michael Blake
Title:
Dances with wolves
Number of pages:
313
Publisher:
Random House Publishing
Genre:
True story
Why’d I chose this book:
I just saw it in the library, and I heard a lot about it, so I decided to read it.
First reaction:
Just like almost every book: a bit boring.
Summary:
Lieutenant Dunbar is send to Fort Sedgewick to help the group that is already there. But the circumstances are very touch so the group has left the fort. When Dunbar arrives in the outlying, abandoned fort, he wants to stay there, he thinks he has to, because it’s his duty. The only man who knew that Dunbar was send to fort Sedgewick, was the man who drove him to the fort. But on his way back, he has been killed by some Indians.
Now Dunbar is all alone, but he likes it. Little by little he is becoming one with the prairie and the wonderful nature around him. All the things he does, he writes in a sort of diary. But he also misses some company. He and his special horse Cisco are all alone. And of course the old wolf that comes now and then. Dunbar called him Two Socks because he has two white socks on his front legs. The wolf comes regularly by and eats the things that Dunbar offers him.
When Dunbar wants to go and find the Indian camp, he sees a young women who is very wounded. It’s an Indian women, Stands With a Fist. He brought her back to the camp. Kicking Bird was intrigued with this strange man and goes with Wind In His Hair to the fort. They drink coffee together with Dunbar and try to communicate with signs. Little by little, Dunbar gets his own place in the camp. Stands With a Fist is recovered again, and when Dunbar ‘discovers’ that she’s white, they are trying to talk. After months of practising he can speak Comanche very good.
In the main time Kicking Bird and some other warriors are going to fight with enemies, far way from the camp. Dunbar, now Dances With Wolves, can not go with them, because he is not experienced enough. When the warriors are already a few weeks gone, the Comanche camp is getting attacked by the hated Pawnee Indians.
Dances With Wolves and three other men get some guns from the fort, and thanks to that and the strategy of Dances With Wolves, they won the fight without losing any Comanche men. From that moment Dances With Wolves is really accepted. And when he and Stands With a Fist are falling in love and getting married, he is luckier than ever. When they are moving to the winter camp, Dances With Wolves realises that he has been stupid. He has left his diary in the fort! All the people would know what had happened with him and the Comanches! He drove back to the fort, but there were already new soldiers. Cisco was shot and Dances With Wolves was detain. When some warriors helped him escape, Dances With Wolves was sure that the white men would search him and that he would bring the Comanches in great danger.So he wanted to go away and hide together with his wife.
But the people in the camp would not let him leave, so he was going with them and was very relieved.
Characters
Lieutenant Dunbar: (or also ‘Dances With Wolves’): he’s a pretty and brave young man. He’s smart and funny. But he’s alone with his soul mate, the horse Cisco. He’s very impulsive, doing things and after doing it, feel sorry about it.
Kicking Bird: Kicking Bird is also a very important person in the story. He’s the one who saw Lieutenant Dunbar first and is also the one who visits him after bringing back the woman. He's the medicine-man of the Comanches and is very important in the camp. With his calm character he gets a lot of respect.
Themes
Being part of a “society”
Explanation of the title:
The name of the main character is Lieutenant Dunbar, but his friends call him dances with wolves, because he played with a wolf.
Point of view:
The story is told in the third person.
Judgment:
The book was okay, but this kind of books are normally not my kind of style. It was a bit too thick. It wasn’t really super interesting.
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