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    Cultural Collision In Catharine Sedgwick’s novel‚ Hope Leslie‚ Magawisca is one of the Main female characters and she runs into many hardships in the book. Magawisca is the daughter of well known Indian chief Mononotto but is separated from her father and her tribe when they are all attacked. After Magawisca and her brother’s mother dies the children get sent to work at the home of the Fletchers an English family. Magawisca gets caught in the middle of two cultures when she is raised by an English

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    A reaction to: The Philippine Nation-State‚ Minority Culture and Globalization An essay by Leslie E. Bauzon‚ Ph.D. What is globalization to the members of the minority groups in the Philippines? How does globalization affect our ongoing struggle for unity among the Filipino people? And‚ as a whole‚ does the Philippines benefit from globalization when it comes to nation-building? These are the implied questions that the essay is imposing onto its readers. What is globalization? According to

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    In a song called Helplessness Blues by Fleet Foxes‚ the lyrics present a crisis in self-identity. “I was raised up believing I was somehow unique; like a snowflake distinct among snowflakes unique in each way you can see. But now after some thinking‚ I’d say I’d rather be‚ a functioning cog in some great machinery serving something beyond me.” The lyricist struggles between his desire of individuality and his desire to be a part of a larger organization. As the song continues‚ he relates his story

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    Adam Accola Mr. Brieske English 11 21 January 2010 Critical Analysis of The Man to Send Rain Clouds In the short story The Man to Send Rain Clouds by Leslie Marmon Silko‚ the traditional Laguna Native American burial ritual is questioned by the meddling Catholic Church when an older man in the village‚ Teofilo‚ passes away. As part of the traditional ritual‚ the deceased have a feather tied in their hair‚ have their face painted with four colors‚ are wrapped in a red blanket‚ and are buried

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    Leslie Marmon Silko provides this perspective through her article called “Yellow Woman and the Beauty of the Spirit: Essays on Native American Life Today”. Silko presents the earth as a source of power and wisdom while also highlighting its cultural significance as she states‚ “The memory of them and their is believed that all human

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    Woman and a Beauty of the Spirit‚ Leslie Marmon Silko recounts her experiences growing up in the Laguna Pueblo community. Silko’s choice in structure aids in her literary painting of a culture‚ while helping to highlight the recurring concepts present within the text. Comparisons of traditional practices with modern norms as well as examples of the effect of society’s value of appearance are common in the narrative and also support these concepts. Overall‚ Silko structures her exposition effectively

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    Man inhabitant of the blue planet that filled with wonders and mysteries. Every single organism live in the earth has its own purpose and meaning. Every creature has designed uniquely by the Creator. Leslie Marmon Silko writes in Landscape‚ History‚ and the Pueblo Imagination‚ “The ancient Pueblo people called the earth the Mother Creator of all things in the world” (336). The Creator formed the universe out of nothing; He made the sun‚ the moon‚ the start‚ man and woman‚ animals‚ plants‚ and everything

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    Reconstruction of Indigenous Identity in Leslie Marmon Silko’s Ceremony and Syaman Rapongan’s Old Men of the Sea Impacted by Western cultures‚ Native American’s traditions gradually disappear. Similar to Native American‚ The Tao (達悟 Dawu) traditions are threatened by Han influences. To preserve indigenous customs‚ native writers either portray how dominant cultures impact aborigines or portray how native traditions do good for their lives. In Leslie Marmon Silko’s Ceremony and Syaman Rapongan’s

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    “comfortable.” It had a different meaning- not the comfort of big houses or rich food or even clean streets‚ but the comfort of belonging with the land and the peace of being in these hills”(Silko‚ p117). It is this quote that essentially defines the reader response criticism. They Indians ‚ Tayo‚ are victims of racism. Silko lets the reader hear their most inner thoughts. It is clear that there is an inner struggle with Tayo‚ between the white half of his heritage and how much better his life could be if

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    In Yellow woman and a beauty of the spirit written by Leslie Marmon Silko the traditional Pueblo culture human values were distinguished by one’s actions‚ character‚ strength‚ care and relation to other people‚ animals‚ nature. For Pueblo people looks‚ physical appearance‚ face‚ body and closing were not important as well they did not have a social status in their community. In her essay‚ Silko repeats old-time phrase in reference to the values of her ancestors. Growing up she was told stories

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