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    Yellow Woman Silko

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    Identity in “Yellow Woman” by Leslie Marmon SilkoYellow Woman” by Leslie Marmon Silko is a story about a woman who goes on a journey with a man. On this journey‚ the narrator‚ who is assumed to be the woman‚ is plagued by questions of who she is and if the stories of her culture about what she may be becoming are true. She struggles to find herself and what she wants because she wants to be herself but at the same time‚ see if she is becoming what her culture’s stories call the “Yellow Woman.” Although

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    Leslie Marmon Silko

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    Leslie Marmon Silko’s work is set apart due to her Native American Heritage. She writes through ‘Indian eyes’ which makes her stories very different from others. Silko is a Pueblo Indian and was educated in one of the governments’ BIA schools. She knows the culture of the white man‚ which is not uncommon for modern American Indians. Her work is powerful and educating at the same time. In this paper‚ I will discuss three different works by Silko (Lullaby‚ Storyteller

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    Leslie Marmon Silko

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    “Leslie Marmon Silko is a famous novelist‚ poet‚ and short story writer whose work is primarily concerned with the relations between different cultures and between human beings and the natural world.” [ (Fajardo-Acosta) ] Silko was born in Albuquerque‚ New Mexico‚ under Laguna Pueblo‚ Plains Indians‚ and Anglo-American decent. Known as the Old Laguna‚ she grew up on the Laguna Reservation in Northern Mexico and is a part of a town formed several years ago by Pueblo tribes. “Her family was storytellers

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    Leslie Silko’s “Yellow Woman” In yellow woman and beauty of the spirit Leslie Silko knew she was different looking because of her mixed ancestry yellow woman helped realized that looking different was an advantage. Silko expresses how old people look at the world in a more spirit manner by “taken into consideration the way people behave‚ and the way people interact with one another”(Silko‚ 398). Basically as the author says‚ people of age seemed to look at the world very different because for them

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    American Mosaic‚ July 2011 FOCUS: Leslie Marmon Silko‚ “Lullaby” “Lullaby” is a short story that first appeared in a book entitled Storyteller in 1981. This was a book written by Leslie M. Silko that uses short stories‚ memories‚ poetry‚ family pictures‚ and songs to present her message. The book is concerned‚ in general‚ with the tradition of story-telling as it pertains to the Native American culture. Lullaby seems to be a story of tradition‚ change‚ death‚ loss and the tensions

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    for her. Because she lives in Iran‚ and is taught in school that she must by Islamic‚ Marji has to face the internal struggle of choosing between her family and her country. Tayo goes through a similar struggle in the novel “Ceremony” by Leslie Marmon Silko. Tayo being of mixed race‚ is constantly ridiculed and treated as an outsider by both sides of his culture‚ the whites and the Native Americans. Throughout “Ceremony” Tayo and a few other Native Americans frequently go to the bar. During one

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    Leslie Marmon Silko is a Laguna Pueblo writer and is a prominent figure in the First Wave of Native American Renaissance. Her writings are grounded in the history of the Laguna Pueblo. The Laguna Pueblo is a federally recognized Native American tribe of the Pueblo peoples who live in the Southwestern United States (Hollrah‚ n.d.)She has a strong interest to preserve cultural traditions and how history impacts modern life. Silko uses her writings to raise awareness of ingrained racism and white cultural

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    Othering is present in many books‚ although they are hidden away from plain sight‚ only being mentioned in a subtle way. In the case of “Ceremony”‚ written by Leslie Marmon Silko‚ othering is seen through the way certain peoples are isolated or rejected from society‚ especially in certain periods of time. It is also seen through the short stories Tayo tells‚ recalling events when Native Americans faced discrimination against their oppressors‚ the whites. In the case of “Go Tell it on the Mountain”

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    Perhaps the most important factor in a person’s development is his or her family. Family members can shape some one’s thoughts and can make it difficult for a person to fit in one’s environment. In the novel Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko‚ Tayo’s auntie is an antagonistic woman who is concerned about other people’s judgment toward her and her family. Her unfriendly behavior sprang from her low self-esteem and the anger she reproached because her sister’s unruly actions. The most evident psychological

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    Dr. Michelle Brown English 325 101 Ceremony Assignment 28 January 2013 Throughout Silko’s novel‚ Ceremony‚ a sense of conflict between light and darkness is clearly evident. This struggle is personified mainly through Tayo’s battle within his psyche. Tayo’s struggle with battle fatigue leads him on a quest for purification. With the help of Betonie‚ an insightful but eccentric medicine man‚ Tayo discovers the struggles apparent in the world which mirror his own mental constitution. Betonie

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