The prefix 'dis' means apart, away; that is to move away from something while the prefix 'sur' means over, above.
To dismount means to get off something or to remove a thing from its support. For example: The king dismounted the horse majestically.
To surmount means to overcome a difficulty or an obstacle. For example:
All the political differences between the two countries were surmounted.
Answer:
This is a metaphor that shows how the father struggles in life without his ancestral traditions, such as hunting. It's hard you know without the buffalo, the shaman, the arrow, but my father went out each day to hunt. as though he had them.
