Essay Exploring Indian/Environment Relationships Using "The Light in the Forest" by Conrad Richter as a Vehicle

Section 1
The plot in the story starts with True Son, a white boy who was raised by Indians
since he was four years old. A Native American family raised him as their own when their
son had died and True son was taken as prisoner. True Son's Indian parents said words
that made him an Indian. True Son considered this to be his life, and these people to be
his family.
One day when he was 15, he was told by his father that a new law was passed and
because he was white, he had to go back and live with his real family. Then True Son is
escorted by white soldiers back to the place where his pa…