Cause and Effect

Cause and Effect

By: Elias Dorsey

Cause and Effect

In the book Moon of Two Dark Horses, you experience the life of a young Native American boy named Coshmoo, living around the time of the beginning of the Revolutionary War. There are many small conflicts in the book such as his Cousin, Flying Wolf, tripping him in a race he was winning before he got to the finish line. Also, when his best friends (Daniel) uncle insults him while sharpening Coshmoo’s dagger. So many conflicts have already happened; I can’t really even identify which one is the main conflict. Wait now I remember. Coshmoo and his friend go on a quest with nothing but muskets, ammo, some food, and the clothes on their backs. They go searching for the black locust tree that holds underneath it, the sword that can stop the war. The climax in the book is when the European settlers try to pit multiple tribes against each other. The events that caused the climax were that the revolutionary war was beginning. There are almost completely no other reasons that lead to the climax, because this story Is just full of side notes that don’t affect the outcome of the book. Such as Coshmoo losing the footrace or winning the fishing competition. The author put in so many “side” events in the book; it’s almost too hard to keep up with it. Almost