In this section of the text, I have noticed that Black Elk when having his dream saw a man that was not an Indian, but had his arms open wide and told him, "My life is such that all earthly beings and growing things belong to me. Your father, the Great Spirit, has said this to me. You too must say this" (73). This sounds a lot like the Christianity stories in the Bible, where Jesus appeared to his 12 disciples and said that they must spread the word of God. Also, the people who saw Black Elk have this vision were 12 men. This is like the 12 disciples who saw Jesus. I found this pretty interesting, because 12 is not just a random number.
Since a few of the stories are narrated from Black Elk, I thought that it was important to know who he actually was. Black Elk was a medicine man, when he married his wife converted to Catholicism, and he baptized his three children as Catholics as well. When he died he was also baptized. This is interesting because perhaps the missionaries of Catholicism were influencing Black Elk's dreams, which would explain why he saw a man that was not an Indian, and in which he claimed 12 men were with him at the time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Elk
Melissa 11:00pm Friday CSULB
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