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1. What is the time period and how does it affect the literary style?
===The text was written during the time when America was taking land from the Native Americans and forcing them to live on reservations. Because the Native Americans had little knowledge of the white man they didn't understand what was going on. This shows in the way the author writes the story.===

2. What is the author's purpose in writing the selected piece?
===The author is trying to preserve the beliefs of her people and the history of Alcatraz. By writing the story down it will survive through time so that the traditions of the Native Americans will live on.===

This story is typical of Indian folk lore. The story uses a lot of symbolism to depict events instead of just telling them the way they happened.
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