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and what has been established for long time in the society. This obviously makes John Cooper respected even higher.
The Jicarilla Apache has once held a sport of warrior where the braves must prove their prowess in arching, throwing javelin, shooting, steering the horse
while targeting an object and physical endurance tests. “One of the games was for a warrior to ride his mustang at a full gallop and, with the point of his lance, pick
up a small gourd and lift it high above his head without dropping it” p. 353. Here the braves are to prove their courage, skills and endurance as the basic
requirements before they can join a war or even to take wives. John Cooper joins this tradition in order to participate himself in the social events that the Jicarilla
Apache Indians have. He has no devious intention as it is merely a kind of social participation among the community.
The social relationship that John Cooper builds with the Jicarilla Apache contributes him a lot of lessons that provides him to learn how to appreciate
others. John Cooper rose to his feet and made the sign of respect for the chief in sign language. “John Cooper rose to his feet and made the sign of respect to the
chief in sign language, ‘But this is a time for feasting and for good friendship, for I wish my amigo to learn, just as I have learned, the kindness and the honesty of
the Jicarilla’” p. 349. His relationship with them reflects the realization of his own perception about the Indians that they are appreciative and kind.
4.3.4 Catarina de Escobar’s Social Relationship with the Indians
As it is described along the story of The Hawk and the Dove, Catarina de Escobar has a very limited relationship with the Indians since she has very bad
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experiences with them along the way she and her family are in the journey to Taos. The Jicarilla Apache is the only tribe that Catarina de Escobar has
encountered and built a brief relationship after John Cooper conquers her heart in the cave. John Cooper takes her to the stronghold of the Jicarilla Apache as he
intends to introduce his life to his wife-to-be. They rode into the stronghold, where Descontarti, Weesayo and Pestanari
welcomed them. The Apache chief, seeing the serenely happy look on both their faces, chuckled and said, ‘El Halcon has taken la Paloma [the
Dove] as his mate…We welcome, then, you, my young blood brother, and you, Señorita, for now yoy have come upon a happy time in our
stronghold’ p. 404.
This point depicts the warm welcome that Catarina de Escobar may have from the Indians, in spite of her terrible experiences she has had previously with other
tribes. This part also reveals the appreciation that the Jicarilla Apache chief has given to her by calling her la Paloma; which means the Dove. The appreciation
and the warm welcome that the Jicarilla Apache give to Catarina de Escobar indeed shifts her cynical perception about the Indians and especially to his
husband-to-be. Despite the brief relationship between her and the Jicarilla Apache,
Catarina de Escobar has once learned the marriage tradition of the Jicarilla Apache. Coincidentally, there is a marriage ceremony that has been lasting for
four days at the time when Catarina de Escobar and John Cooper come to the stronghold. There Catarina de Escobar observes that peculiar tradition that the
Jicarilla Apache do when there is a couple who are bond to marriage pp. 404- 405. As she gets some lucid explanation about the weird tradition that she has
never known before, Catarina de Escobar begins to appreciate and adore the
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simple but sweet tradition of the Jicarilla Apache in order to bond two persons in love into one in marriage. She observes that there is no vast difference between
her tradition and the Jicarilla’s through this social relationship that she has built with them.
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CHAPTER 5 CONSCLUSIONS, IMPLICATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
This chapter encompasses three parts; they are conclusions, implications and suggestions. The conclusions present the overall results of John Cooper’s and
Catarina de Escobar’s characterization, perception towards the Indians and the social relationships that they build with the Indians as the realizations of their
perception. The second part is the implications of this study in the field of education in the relation with the major subject of English education. The
suggestions come up as the last part that provides useful information about the related study.
5.1 Conclusions
The conclusions of this study consist of three main parts. The first part is the characterization of John Cooper and Catarina de Escobar. The second part is
the perception of John Cooper and Catarina de Escobar about the Indians. The third part represents the relationships that John Cooper and Catarina de Escobar
build with the Indians. The characterization of John Cooper and Catarina de Escobar becomes the psychological factors that will be presented as the influence
of their making perception and the next level of building the relationships with the Indians.
The ways to that John Cooper and Catarina de Escobar have made their perception about the Indians can be seen through their speech, personal
experiences or backgrounds, other’s conversation, reactions and thoughts. These
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