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One of my favorite quotes from Ceremony describes how Auntie treated Tayo and Rocky. “Auntie made it clear to everyone that it was all necessary if Rocky were to keep his football scholarship to the university … He would be the first one ever to get a football scholarship, the first one to go with no help from the BIA or anyone. She could hold her head up, she said, because of Rocky.” (p. 91). Throughout the book, it is described that Auntie played favorites, showing obvious favoritism between her son and Tayo, wanting Rocky go and do what others could not. The quote not only shows Auntie’s dreams that will never be fulfilled for her son, but also what kind of culture she grew up. It is so important to her that her son be man

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