The author joseph bruchac has abenaki indian ancestry. to what extent does he use this heritage in his writing?

Joseph Bruchac is an American Indian author and a member of the Abenaki tribal group. In addition to his publications as a poet and novelist, Bruchac writes children's books and works as an editor and publisher of collections of contemporary American Indian authors.

Bruchac published over 70 books; his poems and short stories have appeared in over 500 publications. His anthology Breaking Silence received the American Book Award in 1984. He also received a grant from the New York State Arts Council in 1972, later a Writing Fellowship for Poetry from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Cherokee Nation Prose Award, the Knickerbocker Award, the Hope S. Dean Award for Notable Achievement in Children's Literature and im 1998 two prizes from the Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers. In 1999 he was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Native Writers Circle of the Americas.

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explanation:

mrs. mallard has a heart condition, which means that if she's startled she could die. so, when news comes that her husband's been killed in an accident, the people who tell her have to cushion the blow.

mrs. mallard's sister josephine sits down with her and dances around the truth until mrs. mallard finally understands what happened. the deceased mr. mallard's friend, richards, hangs out with them for moral support.

richards originally found out because he had been in the newspaper headquarters when a report of the accident that killed mr. mallard, which happened on a train, came through. richards waited for proof from a second source before going to the mallards' to share the news.

when mrs. mallard finds out what happened she acts differently from most women in the same position, who might disbelieve it. she cries passionately before deciding to go to her room to be by herself.

in her room, mrs. mallard sits down on a comfy chair and feels completely depleted. she looks out the window and looks out at a world that seems alive and fresh. she can see the sky coming between the rain clouds.

mrs. mallard sits still, occasionally crying briefly like a kid might.

the narrator describes her as youthful and pretty, but because of this news she looks preoccupied and absent.

she seems to be holding out for some kind of unknown news or knowledge, which she can tell is approaching.

mrs. mallard breathes heavily and tries to resist before succumbing to this unknown thing, which is a feeling of freedom.

acknowledging freedom makes her revive, and she doesn't consider whether she should feel bad about it.

mrs. mallard thinks to herself about how she'll cry when she sees her husband's dead body and how much he loved her. even so, she's kind of excited about the chance to make her own decisions and not feel accountable to anyone.

mrs. mallard feels even more swept up by the idea of freedom than the fact that she had felt love for her husband.

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