The Medicine Bag Analysis

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Family heirlooms are as precious as gems, being passed down from generations to generations, they are sometimes the most valuable thing one can own. In the book The Medicine Bag by Virginia Driving Hawk starts off with Joe Iron Shell traveling a long distance to give one to his grandchild Martin. During the book you can how both Martin and his grandfather struggle with the medicine bag, and their opposite lifestyles. When reading the book you will be able to see how Joe Iron Shell was a persistent, passionate, and a kind-hearted man to his family and others.

In the first few pages of The Medicine Bag we could see how much of a persistent man Joe was. “He had ridden on busses for 2 and a half days...and set out to find us” (286). You can see