to remind the people of the American Indians suffering that they endured on the trail of tears
When a hero has to make a desion of weather to save a society and lose his only family he ever had in his entire lifetime. Also, a hero who loses something very dear to him or her.
B. Looking under the heading "awards" in a reference book about the military
The shift in structure from an autobiographical tale to a "bedtime story" or a "fairy tale" increases the personal interest of the reader into the story itself.
The reader starts meeting a family that could be his/hers. The family starts facing some problems or a horrific nightmare. The fairy tale, then, allows the reader to go beyond the borders of the story itself and start picturing himself/herself in the action.
The reader then starts to this how he/she might act? How can the family be protected?....and so on.