Dances With Wolves

Dances with Wolves is a story of a white man from the US army who chooses to live in the frontier. After months of living their he befriends the local Sioux Indians. He not only befriends but becomes one of them, being accepted as their own. The story reflects this mans encounters with the Indians, and the respect he gives them.
Their is a lot of imagery through the use of animals in this film. In the first scene while he is galloping in front the enemy line he gives the effect of flying while on the horse. He is in some sort of trance, moving from one world to another. He's is letting the horse guide him through this divine moment. The soldier is awarded the horse for this act of heroism during the battle. The horse is soon a trusted companion. Upon arrival at the fort he encounters another spiritual moment. A drowned buck in the water adjacent to the fort. He is first scared at what he sees but later retrieves and burns it. In a huge bonfire in which he burns all ...