The Orphan Boy And The Elk Dog Summary

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The story I will be writing about is called “The Orphan Boy And The Elk Dog”, the textbook does not give a name of who wrote the story. A boy named Long Arrow was born deaf, his trib thought he was dumb so they abandoned him and took his only family, his sister, with them. On the way to trying to catch up to them there was a loud snap in his right and left ear, he could hear everything so clearly. He caught up with his tribe and an old man named Good Running took him in. Long Arrow grew up hand went on a journey to find the mythical Elk dog’s. He found the Great Mysterious Lake and then he collapsed in exhaustion and slept for a while. When he awoke there was a beautiful boy next to him and he said to follow him into the lake and he transformed into a fish and …show more content…

So he finally got a glimpse of his feet but they were not feet they were hooves. Long Arrow asked for his belt of rainbow colors, his black medicine robe, and half of the elk dog herd. He took them home to show his tribe what he found. After some time they wanted more gifts so they went to find the lake again but they were not there anymore.This essay will examine The Orphan Boy And The Elk Dogs and how the author has used literary elements in creating this wonderful story. Although this story has a sad beginning the ending is no different, the middle of the story has lots of good things going on, too.In this paragraph the literary element i will be talking about will be the setting. This story took place a long time ago when people didn’t know that horses existed. The native americans or as I assume this is taking place in america indians still lived in teepees and used dogs as carriers to carry their stuff around for them. Long arrow traveled through canyons and over mountains. This story took place in a wild place, where grass grew uncut and animals lived unharmed by modern day pollution and

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