The Way to the Rainy Mountain by Pulitzer-award winning author
N. Scott Momaday, is at the same time a good starting point into Kiowa history
while at the same time a unique and fascinating read that combines folklore, poetic
memoire and history. In the book the theft represents the decline because after
the Osages’ theft the Kiowas were abandoned by their sun god.
A fasten securely is your answer
What is the primary purpose of these stage directions?
Answer:
sizzle the fires in the oil.
I'm guessing that is how you need help
Given that the plot is set in the nineteenth century, and that it is pretty realistic, I can safely conclude that the correct answer is 'realism'. The other answers don't fit, theme-wise, and the era they originated in: classicism and romanticism were before the 19th c., and postmodernism started in the 20th.