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We think the sage represents the soul of the person who holds the bag.

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The cowboy boots represent the tough, long life that Grandpa had to endure.

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In the story the piece of iron represents strength, protection, and hope for tribe.

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In the short story, "Medicine Bag" Grandpa's hands symbolize grandpa's age.

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The medicine bag represents strength and protection from ancestors.

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"The scuffed old cowboy boots were tight, and he moaned as I put pressure on his legs...".

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The text states that when the Grandpa opens the medicine bag, the sage had turned to dust. Shortly after, Grandpa passes away.

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The passage proves this with, "I tried to pull my hand away when l felt his bony hand trembling and then looked up
to see fatigue in his face."

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In the text this is page sixty four. This is proven because the iron skillet represents grandpas vision in that it was there to help him find his true calling to the blacksmithing trade.

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The trembling in his hands shows old age because when you start getting older you start getting weaker and sometimes you get Parkinson's disease which makes you vulnerable to shaking.

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shell kept the piece of iron with him at all times because he believed would give him protection from the evils of those unhappy days

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The symbol matters because it was something that was passed through almost every generation. Each time it was passed down the previous holder had passed away, just like Martin's Grandpa.

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The cowboy boots matter to the story because they show that throughout the life of Grandpa he was a hard worker, who didn't mind traveling a long distance to see the people he loved.

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In the text it says," “In the bag,” he said, as he opened it and removed two objects,
“is the broken shell of the iron kettle, a pebble from the butte, and a piece of the sacred sage." the Iron kettle represents strength , the sage represents protection from the ancestors.

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The bag matters because it is important for the bag to be passed down to the oldest child but grandpa didn't have any male children, so he had to pass it down to martin.

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I think the medicine bad represents and important history passed down by the grandfathers family generation from generation.

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The sacred sage represents purification and dedication of acceptance to the Lakota culture.