The Light In The Forest: Analysis
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Conrad Richter presents a historic fictional work describing the
colonial frontier in The Light in the Forest. True Son, born as John Butler,
was captured by the Lenni Lenape Indians at the age of four. He was adopted by
them and raised as the son of their chief, Cuyloga. He became a part of th ....
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.... with how True Son spoke of his mother the Earth,
his uncle the Moon, and his brother-in-law the Wind. In today's society we seem
to concentrate on technology, while such oneness with nature is almost non-
existent.
As an author, Conrad Richter appears to be a skilled writer. I found
numerous strengths and only two weaknesses. One strength was his use of strong
visual images. "What he hungered for most was the sight of an Indian face
again-his father's, deep red, shaped like a hawk's, ....
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