`Casa` by Judith Ortiz Cofer and `The Way to Rainy Mountain` by N. Scott Momaday, both say something about family and about life, they also have very different approaches. Explain how the two stories are similar.

(Ortiz-Cofer , 2000 ,

.66 . According to Ortiz-Cofer , these stories were meant to educate them on what it was like to be a woman , more specifically , a Puerto Rican woman (2000 ,

.66 . She states , These cuentos (served as ) morality and cautionary tales told by the women in our family for generations (They ) were parables from which to glean the Truth (Ortiz-Cofer , 2000 ,

.66-68 . The `truth ' within this context may be understood as the reality that lies hidden beneath the fazade of every woman 's life . Judith Ortiz-Cofer 's Casa ' may thereby

be seen as presenting an account of Puerto Rican life whose stability is ensured within the confines of the home [or the casa] as a result of the traditions and values shared within the confines of the home from one Puerto Rican generation to another

In the same manner that Judith Ortiz-Cofer 's aforementioned text places emphasis on the creation of an identity as a result of the transference and adherence of moral values from one generation to another , N . Scott Momaday 's The Way to Rainy Mountain places emphasis on how the Indian identity stands as a result of the cultural transmission of values from one generation to another through the transmission of tales within the confines of the family . Within the text , Momaday states , a word has power in and on itself . It comes from nothing into sound and meaning it gives origin to all things . By means of words can a man deal with the world on equal terms (1969 ,

.33 . The power of words , in this sense is evident as it enables the continuation of the Indian identity as this identity is relayed through the stories which are relayed within the confines of the family

Within this context , despite the differences of the...