There is a theory presented throughout this story, that women are a creation to serve the purpose of accompanying and serving a man and that they may possess no autonomy or free will, is short-sighted; but also, contradicts typical societal structures of many native peoples. Most native societies are--and were--matrilineal and give great value to women and the things that they are capable of beyond their physical presence, and this opposition to typical cultural patterns was interesting to me.