Summary Of Yellow Woman

Stories are pieces of history passed down through generations. However, as those old stories are told again and again many of the pieces get lost in translation. This results in the same old story with new details. The longer the stories are told the more details are added or lost, and before long the old story that was accurately told is gone and is replaced with a completely new story filled with fabricated details that would be almost unrecognizable to the ones who told the original tale. In the story, Yellow Woman Leslie Marmon Silko writes stories that include Native American folktales. It is my job as the reader to depict what I believe to be true and what I believe is false. I believe that the narrator is truthful when she discusses her life. She lives in the modern
She has a husband named Al, and a little baby. Yet, she seems to be unhappy with her life and recalls a much more simplistic lifestyle. So, it is no surprise that she left the river bank and went with the stranger named Salvia. Salvia is a mysterious man that refers to the narrator as Yellow Woman throughout the entire story. She was intrigued by his simplicity. He slept on a blanket, lived off the land in the mountains, and he rustled cattle. His life seemed peaceful to the women. This reminded her of the story that her grandpa told her ages ago. The story was about a ka’ tsina from the mountains and the Yellow woman. The narrator believes Silvia is the ka’ tsina and she is the Yellow Woman. Nevertheless, I don’t believe that this story is recalling all the original details.. Silvia is not ka’tsina. A ka’tsina is a spirit and I believe that they symbolize freedom. However, the narrator seems to feel restricted when she is around Salvia and I don’t believe that Saliva can be a ka’tsina spirit because he is a thief and a murder. I also know that when the narrator returns home to her family that