Dances With Wolves reflection #1

Through analyzing the movie Dances With Wolves  we really see what a person is like from just watching a scene. For example when the Indian is walking through the long grass he grazes the tips of the grass with his fingers, and so does John Dunbar. Like you said this shows kindness,or a good memory like in the movie the Gladiator when he grazes the long grass. It is very interesting how you can tell that the Indian Kicking Bird is not a fierce, killing warrior just from that scene. I never thought you could just know something like that from watching, and really studying the film. From what we have watched from the movie Dances With Wolves I really enjoy it and I'm excited to see the rest of the movie. It is very intriguing that you see how many wars, or fights were started just because they don't understand each other's language, or don't understand each other's culture. For example from the communication stand point when Lieutenant  John  Dunbar is bringing the injured girl back to the Indians he tries to explain that he is just bringing her back so she can receive treatment from them, but most of the Indians have no idea what he is trying to say,or really do .They are afraid, and scared that he is going to fight/attack them. But he is really just bringing the girl back to safety, and to make friends with them perhaps. In that way you can really see that if the communication was there in the first place they would not try and run him off and everybody would be friends right there on the spot . In the culture aspect, for example, when John Dunbar is waving to the Indians, in his society or our society that means ,"see you later", or "bye" in a good way. The Indians see that and in some cultures the raising the hands is disrespectful because that's how you pass on diseases etc. To the Indians that could mean a bad thing waving to somebody .You see that the culture, or not being able to communicate with each other could cause many conflicts,and could be why a lot of wars/fights were started in history, and even now.