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Without the physical descriptions of what grandpa would look like you wouldn’t understand why Martin is embarrassed of what his friends would think of his grandpa when they meet and see him in person.

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Without the physical descriptions of what grandpa would look like you wouldn’t understand why Martin is embarrassed of what his friends would think of his grandpa when they meet and see him in person.

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The medicine bag is passed on from generation to generation, it is used to protect the holder of anything bad. 

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The medicine bag is passed on from generation to generation, it is used to protect the holder of anything bad. 

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He was happy that his grandpa understood him and he wasn’t embarrassed of what his friends thought of his grandpa anymore. 

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He was happy that his grandpa understood him and he wasn’t embarrassed of what his friends thought of his grandpa anymore. 

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He now appreciates the history of his family. He is less embarrassed, especially because how his friends reacted to seeing his Grandfather.

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It shows a contrast between the stereotypes of his friends, and reality. It also shows the reason why Martin is embarrassed.

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The medicine bag represents the tradition of Martin's family.

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Martin saw that his friends didn't really care about what his grandpa looks like, and because of that he becomes less embarrassed.

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Without the physical descriptions, we are unable to see just how weak and frail the grandpa is.  They repeatedly add his description because in each of those scenes the highlight is that he doesn't look well.

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Without the physical descriptions, we are unable to see just how weak and frail the grandpa is.  They repeatedly add his description because in each of those scenes the highlight is that he doesn't look well.

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It is important because it will show how he looks like so the reader can visualize the way he looks so we can feel the way the character felt in the story

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It is important because it will show how he looks like so the reader can visualize the way he looks so we can feel the way the character felt in the story

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If you didn't have the descriptions you wouldn't know how Grandpa looks like and why Martin is so emmbrassed.

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It is a symbol of protection, as it is named "the medicine bag."  It represents what grandpa's father went through, and the items he cherished and were connected to along the way.

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It is a symbol of protection, as it is named "the medicine bag."  It represents what grandpa's father went through, and the items he cherished and were connected to along the way.

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He embraces his grandfather and understands him.  He gets passed the medicine bag with excitement but sadness as well.

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He embraces his grandfather and understands him.  He gets passed the medicine bag with excitement but sadness as well.

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He was relieved that his grandpa had done this, and he suddenly didn't feel embarrassed about his grandpa in front of his friends.

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He was relieved that his grandpa had done this, and he suddenly didn't feel embarrassed about his grandpa in front of his friends.

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Medicine bag is passed from generation to generation, it is the tradition of the family.

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It is a symbol of health and protection. It is also called a "medicine bag" which correlates to it giving you protection

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It is a symbol of health and protection. It is also called a "medicine bag" which correlates to it giving you protection

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He didn't feel embarrassed about his grandpa anymore

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He didn't feel embarrassed about his grandpa anymore

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Martin is now relieved that his friends don't really care about his looks, so he becomes less embarrassed.

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The narrator has changed to being more close to his grandpa, and is worried about him and his health.  He feels this because he has the sense of finding out who really aspires to be in the future after recieving the medicine bag, and given the task of putting prairie sage in it.

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The narrator has changed to being more close to his grandpa, and is worried about him and his health.  He feels this because he has the sense of finding out who really aspires to be in the future after recieving the medicine bag, and given the task of putting prairie sage in it.

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The narrator changed his perspective on his grandpa, worrying about him more and caring for him

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The narrator changed his perspective on his grandpa, worrying about him more and caring for him

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The narrator becomes more close to his grandpa, he is less embarrassed and his grandpa passed him the Medicine bag.

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Without the physical descriptions we wouldn't know what Grandpa looked like and it also helps us know that Native americans don't really look like how they do in movies and TV (like how Maertin's friends looked) and it kinda lets us know why Martin is embarrassed by Grandpa.

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The medicine bag is a symbol of dood luck and it represents a "good luck charm; it protects the holder from anything bad or terrible.

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The narrator is happy that Grandpa understood him and he became less embarrassed of Grandpa (no longer caring about Grandpa and how he looks in front of his friends).

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The narrator of the story embraces Grandpa and Grandpa understands him, causing the narrator to no longer be embarrassed of Grandpa.

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By the narrator explaining grandpas looks it explains why Martin could have been embarrassed to see him in front of his friends.

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Its kind of like a tradition and almost a form of protection.

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Martin realized his friends dont care so he begin to feel less embarrassed

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They start sharing a bond together and then grandpa gave Martin the Medicine Bag.

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without physical description, how are we supposed to know that he is weak and it just adds to the story.

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to me the medicine bag represents like a family heirloom.

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He felt bad about what he said to his grandpa and compared what he said to his mother and sister.

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He is no longer embarrassed by his family and their culture.

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It's to describe why Martin might of felt embarrassed by his grandpa but to also describe how tired grandpa was.

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It symbolizes the importance of family and how the medicine bag is a family heirloom that is very important to his grandpa.

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Without the physical descriptions of what grandpa would look like you wouldn’t understand why Martin is embarrassed of what his friends would think of his grandpa when they meet and see him in person.

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The medicine bag is passed on from generation to generation, it is used to protect the holder of anything bad.

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He was happy that his grandpa understood him and he wasn’t embarrassed of what his friends thought of his grandpa anymore.

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He embraces his grandfather and understands him. He gets passed the medicine bag with excitement but sadness as well.

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Martin was relieved that his friends found his grandpa cool and liked them which made him like and appreciate his grandpa more.

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The narrator grew to appreciate his culture even more because he learned the story of why the medicine bag was so important to his family.

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Without the physical descriptions we wouldn't be able to see how weak grandpa really is and when they told about his journey if they didn't give physical descriptions of him we wouldn't really take it as he suffered

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To show that not all Native Americans look like the stereotypes.

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It symbolizes being close to your ancestors, and learning from their experiences.

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Martin, the narrator, feels closer to their grandfather, and has learned by the end of the story to love and embrace their Native American roots.

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The change in the narrator's tone comes from them realizing that they don't have to be ashamed of their grandfather. They came to this revelation when they saw their friends accepting their grandfather rather than making fun of him for how he looked or the narrator for being related.

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I think the physical descriptions are important to the story because without them we wouldn't have an image of how his granpda represented himself with Native American culture which was excatly why Martin was embarassed.

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The medicine bag is a symbol of protection. It represents their family's tradition as it is passed down from generation to generation.

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Martin is happy and feelings with relief knowing that his grandpa was very understanding of his feelings and also with his friends showing respect to his grandfather which makes him not only happy but proud.

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At first, Martin was very ashamed of his culture and his grandfather but after he finally got a brief explanation of "The Medicine Bag" and it's importance to not only his grandpa but it's tradition and meaning he got closer to both his culture and grandfather and doesn't have the shame anymore.

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Without a description on how the Grandpa looks, you'd be quick to assume he was a stereotypical Indian as it says in the story.

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It is said that the handbag is a symbol of protection. It is passed down from generation to generation through men.

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He was relieved that was Grandpa had known how nervous and embarrassed he was, and reassured him with eye contact.

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Instead of trying to hide his Grandpa, he embraces him.

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Without the physical descriptions you wouldn't why Martin is embarrassed and what his Uncle look like.

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The medicine bag is a passed on generation to generation to show protection.

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The change was that his grandpa understood how he was feeling about the whole thing and Martin became un embarrassed.

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He changes after his grandpa understood him which made him start caring about the family tradition and then gets passed the medicine bag.

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The physical description was important in story because Martin and his little sister would "lie" about the appearance of their grandpa to match the native indian descriptions on TV.

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The medicine bag was an item in the story that was passed down generations to protect the holder.

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The physical details are important because Grandpa's journey is quite difficult and the appearance will help the reader best notice that.

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Martin was no longer ashamed of is grandpa for his looks and now didn't care what the others think or thought of his grandpa.

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Martin is no longer ashamed of his grandpa and now shows full and totally affection towards him without hiding it. And has been passed down the medicine bag.

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The medicine bag symbolises good luck and protection to whoever carries it. It represents faith in protection.

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The change is caused by his friends meeting his Grandpa and them being excited. This causes Martin to act polite to his Grandpa.

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The narrator's kindness has increased, even when he is uncomfortable. He changed due to seeing the welcoming of his friends to his Grandpa.

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The main character constantly describes the way his grandpa looks do better explain his own thought and emotions , he described how his grandfather looked which gave the reader more insight on why he was embarrased of him

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The medicine bad was a representation of health/well being that was passed throughout the main characters family for generations

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The change in the narrators tone was caused because he realized his friends didn't care about his grandfathers apperance and actually find him cool he is also relived that his grandpa understood why he was embarrassed in the first place

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The narrator is now aware of his history/culture and is proud of it and is now more excepting and loving of his grandfather