Ceremony: A Monomyth
WRITTEN IN MLA CITATION The book Ceremony by Silko researched as a Monomyth citation included
Ceremony: An Analysis of the Hero’s Journey
Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko is about the hardships faced by Tayo, a returned Native American World War Ⅱ Veteran. Tayo struggles throughout the novel to ascertain a resolution to the internal pandemonium he experiences in the form of battle fatigue. The story exhibits the stages of the Monomyth: a protagonist's quest in relation to culture and self growth. Tayo experiences all three stages of a monomyth; the departure, the initiation, and the return that are all constitutive fragments that make up one whole.
Stage one of a monomyth is the departure or separation. Tayo departs from his everyday life by leaving for the war. This can be deliberated as his call to adventure. The call to adventure comes when “the psychological forces of the mind become unbalanced” ( The Monomyth). The mind of Tayo becomes “unbalanced” when he decides to join the war and leaves the familiarity of his small town for the unpredictable and large world. His Native American heritage becomes lost when he is engulfed by the white culture and finally accepted by members of the white community as he goes to battle.
The next part of stage one is the refusal of the call. After arriving on the battlefield Tayo proceeded to turn his back on the call to war. A realization occurred that fighting wasn’t so much about adventure but survival for him. Whenever it came time for Tayo to have to kill out of necessity and to help his fellow soldiers “Tayo could not pull the trigger” (Silko 7).
Crossing the threshold to another world ensued when Tayo arrived back from the war. He spent time in a war veterans hospital before he was allowed to be released back into society. Being kept there under watch was like having to be approved by a threshold guardian before he was able to cross the threshold and go home.
Once Tayo got past the threshold
Ceremony: An Analysis of the Hero’s Journey
Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko is about the hardships faced by Tayo, a returned Native American World War Ⅱ Veteran. Tayo struggles throughout the novel to ascertain a resolution to the internal pandemonium he experiences in the form of battle fatigue. The story exhibits the stages of the Monomyth: a protagonist's quest in relation to culture and self growth. Tayo experiences all three stages of a monomyth; the departure, the initiation, and the return that are all constitutive fragments that make up one whole.
Stage one of a monomyth is the departure or separation. Tayo departs from his everyday life by leaving for the war. This can be deliberated as his call to adventure. The call to adventure comes when “the psychological forces of the mind become unbalanced” ( The Monomyth). The mind of Tayo becomes “unbalanced” when he decides to join the war and leaves the familiarity of his small town for the unpredictable and large world. His Native American heritage becomes lost when he is engulfed by the white culture and finally accepted by members of the white community as he goes to battle.
The next part of stage one is the refusal of the call. After arriving on the battlefield Tayo proceeded to turn his back on the call to war. A realization occurred that fighting wasn’t so much about adventure but survival for him. Whenever it came time for Tayo to have to kill out of necessity and to help his fellow soldiers “Tayo could not pull the trigger” (Silko 7).
Crossing the threshold to another world ensued when Tayo arrived back from the war. He spent time in a war veterans hospital before he was allowed to be released back into society. Being kept there under watch was like having to be approved by a threshold guardian before he was able to cross the threshold and go home.
Once Tayo got past the threshold