First Reading English 341

In the first reading of Smoke Dancing, I was introduced to a technique of writing that I found very interesting. The author switches between characters as he starts a new chapter. Each of the characters are described by the other characters and as a reader you get an idea of how that character actually is, but when you read the story from that person's perspective you see that the character is not always as they seem. In the instance of Mason, he is described by the others as being a "horny" guy and only out for his own good, but when you read his story you see that he is still "horny", but that he wants to help the reservation by cutting them in on his business' profit. Although he may be doing it the wrong way, he has the right attitude. The story and use of characters is very interesting and makes this book an easy read so far.