Becoming a man

I chose this particular shot because i thought it was a nice close up of the native american. Just as he was initiated into being a man to carry his own load, one of the soldier rubs dirt on his face to show that he is now a man. The whole time he was a soldier he was always watched over like a baby and finally this time he chooses to be a man and do something he is not supposed to do in order to help his own soldier. I think the dirt just shows how that in order to be a man you have to get your face into the dirt.