The Dancer

I love this story, Dancer by Vickie Sears. It inspired my feeling and made me think about the many great happenings in my life. I remember I went to a Powwow back home in California. These have Native America food but I remember I ate beans, lettuce, tomato, and other on the top of Indiana bread. It is good and healthy. ☺ I wish to know the name that I can find the picture and for myself. I missed California’s sunshine; it was warm touching my skin. I don’t have to wear a coat. My parents were amazed that DC also has cold weather and California has 90’s degree.

I read the part about Clarissa was in the habit of abusing animals when she was frustrated and mad. I understood she came from foster care. Maybe her parents did abuse her and made her abuse animals. It was not her fault. It was nice of her foster mother to accept who she was but sometimes was annoyed that she listened to the same song for three weeks which I can’t stand to watch a same TV show for three weeks. She discovered her real culture of Indian and liked to listen to the Indian’s music while she went to the Powwow for the first time. She falls in love with music, dance, and Indian culture. She has a mental disorder because she is too young to be mad, frustrated and hurts the animals which is she is four years old. She shouldn’t have a negative emotion in early childhood. She has a sociopathic, unable to conform to what society defines as a normal personality.

I am happy that she found her real home that she has a comfort with her culture in foster home but I hope her mother adopts her. She connected and raised her happiness than her other foster homes. I approved that author choose this story to match theme of the novel. It is making sense that she found the home.

I found “Assiniboin” word that I don’t understand what she mean in last page of Dancer. My first thought is her nickname as Indian always gives everyone a pretty nickname as my sister received the name “Dark Moon Raven.” I forget to ask Indiaa woman but I don’t care what I get it or not. I found it on wikipedia and it said it is name of Indian from the Northern Great Plains and Lewis and Clark met them Assiniboin. I wonder do she still happy for several years? or having frustant to be memory her bad experience? I hope it is not happen. Also, Why her last foster homes not care her well? They should teach or train her right way..