Juanita Platero's "Chee's Daughter": Character's Environment Reveals A
Juanita Platero's "Chee's Daughter": Character's Environment Reveals A Great Deal
About Personality
A characters environment reveals a great deal about his personality. In
Chee's Daughter by Juanita Platero and Siyowin Miller this theory is displayed.
In this story a young Navajo Indian girl is taken from her home by her deceased
mother's parents. Two different environments which reflect values and
personalities are conflicting. A young traditional Navajo,Chee , and a non-
traditional Navajo businessman, Old Man Fat , fight over Chee's daughter,
Little One. The two distinctly different settings in this story reflect the
personalities of the protagonist,Chee , and the antagonist Old Man Fat.
Chee's setting reflects his caring nature. He shows this by caring for
the land he lives on like a father would do for his son. He shows that he cares
for the land by thinking that "if he sang the proper songs, if he cared for the
land faithfully, it would not forsake him now..."(82)......
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