He points out that nature is inspired in animistic cultures: “…animals, plants and even “inert” entities such as stones and rivers are perceived as articulated and subject sometimes intelligible, able to communicate and interact with human beings for better or for worse. In addition to human language, there is also the language of birds, wind, earthworms, wolves and waterfalls – a world of autonomous speakers whose intentions (especially for hunter-gatherer peoples) are ignored at one's peril. ” (Manes 15).As a part of the western American Southeast, the Chickasaw culture was based on animism. In animist cultures it is believed that the soul exists not only in humans but also in animals, plants, trees, rocks, etc. In the novel it is clearly seen that nature, which always finds a way to talk to people, is silenced with the arrival of the Western mentality in the city. To give an example, when Thomas is born, an octopus arrives in the cave, symbolizing that Thomas will be a man of the sea like his grandfather. Similarly, before killing a whale, citizens asked the whale for permission. However, the Western mind has created its own language and silenced it