Question

Read the passage. excerpt from The Way to Rainy Mountain by N. Scott Momaday The imaginative experience and the historical express equally the traditions of man’s reality. Finally, then, the journey recalled is among other things the revelation of one way in which these traditions are conceived, developed, and interfused in the human mind. There are on the way to Rainy Mountain many landmarks, many journeys in the one. What is the "one" journey the author refers to in this excerpt? the author’s personal memory the history of the Kiowa the search for the Tai-me the final Kiowa settlement

Answer 1

The correct answer is the second one “the history of the Kiowa.” In this excerpt, the author explains how the traditions and the imaginary of the tribe are fused in narratives, which are part of the mind of its members. Therefore, these experiences and knowledge reflect "the journey" that the tribe has experienced over the years.