Braiding Sweetgrass
Introduction + Context
Plot Summary
Detailed Summary & Analysis
Preface Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 Chapter 27 Chapter 28 Chapter 29 Chapter 30 Chapter 31 Epilogue
Themes
All Themes Reciprocity and Communalism Indigenous Wisdom and Scientific Knowledge Gifts, Gratitude, and Responsibility Motherhood and Teaching Animacy and Value The Indigenous Past and Future
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Characters
All Characters Robin Wall Kimmerer Skywoman Nanabozho Robin’s Father Robin’s Mother Robin’s Grandfather (Asa Wall Linden Larkin The Adviser Hazel Barnett John Pigeon Laurie Lionel Brad Tom Porter Franz Dolp The Peacemaker Tadodaho
Symbols
All Symbols Sweetgrass Onondaga Lake The Windigo
Literary Devices
All Literary Devices Allusions Anthropomorphism Dramatic Irony Foil Foreshadowing Genre Imagery Irony Logos Metaphors Mood Motifs Paradox Pathos Personification Setting Similes Situational Irony Style Tone Verbal Irony
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