‘All I could was stand there with the whole neighborhood watching…’ is, in this story, a hyperbole. Martin often tells stories about his great grandfather to his friends, making him sound like a Native American from movies. When did Martin’s feelings toward his grandpa change? I returned a pair of boots a month ago. One of which is the simile ‘His rumpled black suit hung like a sack over his stooped frame,’ which gives you a picture of a ragged and tired old man. As the story is ending and Martin forgets about his friend’s views on his grandpa, he takes full responsibility of the medicine bag. Every summer, they went to visit their grandpa. Another contributing factor is probably that Martin and his family only visit with him one week out of the entire year. Martin’s first reaction when he saw Grandpa walking down the street towards their house that showed his initial reaction was “Oh no… it’s Grandpa.” Throughout the story, Martin works to keep his peers far from Grandpa because he is afraid of being embarrassed by him. The author voices Martin's thoughts as his grandpa is coming down the street; ”So when Grandpa came to visit us I was so ashamed and embarrassed I could’ve died.” Clearly, Martin is so embarrassed about his Grandpa's culture that he doesn't even want to be seen with him. Another key point in the story that illustrates Martin’s embarrassment of his grandpa’s culture is when his grandpa tells him that he will receive the medicine bag, a sacred Sioux article that has been passed down through multiple generations through the recipient’s oldest son. The 1960s – the decade in which the Dr. Martens boot was born – saw an unprecedented wave of change, new ideas, cultural upheaval and eventually social revolution. He is shocked by life in the suburbs. Or in the video Apache Girl’s Rite of Passage, the ritual was centuries old and yet it was still used today in the reservation as the transformation from adolescence to adulthood. As a result, Cheryl helps make people more aware of the Sioux and their culture from hearing her grandpa’s stories. In the Medicine Bag, Martin is going through an important time in his life where is receiving an important object. She allows her friends to come and visit Grandpa all of the time. It's Grandpa.” This also shows how he immediately thought about what others would think. The medicine bag is known in all cultures and through out all of history. Text Analysis - "Medicine Bag"By: Glen Matalog"Medicine Bag"Written By: Virginia Driving Hawk SneveCharacters:Who are the characters in the story?Who is the protagonist or central character?Martin, Grandpa, and CherylMartinWho is the antogonist?HimselfWhat are their character traits?Martin: Embarassed, shy, proud, secretive, intelligent, helpful, happyCheryl: Happy, excited, … He travels from his reservation, alone, to give Martin the medicine bag. The medical community has changed the oath to accommodate shifts in medicine and society over centuries. For instance, when Cheryl sees her grandpa, she greets him with a big hug, despite the fact that there were nearby onlookers. Since he's 83 he of course passes out from fatigue after reaching martins home. The first proof we get of this is Martin’s relationship to his friends. Medicine Bag was created on 2010-10-19. This story, by Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve, is a good reminder that you should always respect your heritage.Some of the reasons why Martin is ashamed of his grandpa may be that he is unaware of his family’s full past. At the beginning when Grandpa arrives, Martin describes his feelings of embarrassment by saying that he wants to “sink through the pavement.” Although he can’t really sink through the pavement, it conveys how embarrassed Martin fely.The author most likely used this to better show the change in Martin’s mindset from the beginning of the story to the end.