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प्रश्न
Answer the following question in 40-50 words.
“I had been tossed about in the air like a wooden puppet” and now my long hair was shingled like a coward’s…”
What inference about the life of Zitkala-Sa can be drawn from the above statement?
उत्तर
"Had been tossed about in the air like a wooden puppet, and now my long hair was shingled like a coward's" is a quote from Zitkala-Sa's "Memories of Childhood" that alludes to a forced cultural assimilation-induced change in her life. The symbolic act of shingling her long hair, which has traditional Native American cultural significance, symbolises the fight and coercion, and the metaphor suggests a loss of control. Indigenous people had difficulty fitting in with Western standards, demonstrating the significant influence assimilation had on Zitkala-Sa's sense of self and independence.
