The Names: A Memoir

From the excerpt The Names: A Memoir, written by N. Scott Momaday, the author describes in traditional story-telling of his childhood home and how it came to be with an imaginative mind. From the excerpt, I chose two passages that made an impression on me.
The first passage that I was attracted to was: "The light there is of a certain kind. In the mornings and evenings it is soft and pervasive, and the earth seems to absorb it, to become enlarged with light... There is something strange and powerful in it." This passage caught my eye because it paints a vivid image in my head of how the author percieves the nature of the sun and moon. To me, it seems like the light was of an importance to him or impacted him somehow. I understand because when I see a beautiful sunrise or breathtaking moonlight on a cool night, I become enveloped by the beauty. All the colors from the sun or moon comes to life. The image of the sunlight/moonlight is powerful because that single image can make us feel.
The other passage that I enjoyed was: "...for hail is beating down upon the door, and the roar of the wind is deafening, the earth and sky are at odds, and God shudders." I was interested in this passage because the author made everything turn into life by his compelling use of personification. To me, when it rained and I was only still a child, I would imagine the rain to be of God's tears. This passage reminded me of that childhood memory because rain to him wasn't just water pouring down; there is something more meaningful and essential to rain and thunder that only your mind can speak of.