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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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    “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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    Pueblo’s purpose after the death of Teofilo‚ someone who could be seen as an important figure within the Pueblo’s. Silko changes the short story’s basic structure to accommodate for cultural representation and adaptation throughout the changes of time. The simple way of Silko’s storytelling may seem confusing or strange to some‚ but in the context of the story; it is necessary. Silko does not give any of the characters any type of individual personality. She also does not describe them in any physical

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    Lullaby Short Story Essay” Leslie Marmon Silko’s short story “Lullaby” focuses on the misfortunes that a woman named Ayah endures throughout her life. The setting of the story takes place in winter. Winter often resembles death and resentment in literature which is highlighted in Silko’s story. The tone created by the narration of the story suggests that the attitude of the author favors the traditional Native American culture and opposes the modern culture. This attitude is showcased by the

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    Khayla Salangsang February 20‚ 2013 ENG 123 MW 11AM Identity in “Yellow Woman” by Leslie Marmon Silko “Yellow 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

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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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    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 night out at the bar‚ Tayo and Emo‚ another person living on the reservation‚ get into a fight. At the bar‚ Emo says about Tayo‚ “There he is. He thinks he’s something‚ alright. Because he’s part white. Don’t you‚ half-breed?” (Silko 52).

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    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 a person is worthy is the spirit is clean. Leslie silko in yellow

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    Having a mix of Laguna Pueblo‚ Mexican‚ and White ancestry‚ the Native American writer Leslie Marmon Silko leans her work on identity‚ tradition and history. In her books‚ Silko deals with many issues related to American Indians. Besides‚ her half-breed character in Ceremony‚ can be perceived as a projection of her own person. Indeed‚ Alan R. Velie said in Four American Literary Masters that Silko revealed that living in Laguna Pueblo society as a mixed blood from a prominent family caused her a lot

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    In the article “The Border Patrol State”‚ Leslie Marmon Silko argues that borders have never worked and they never will. She says that “the great migration within the Americas cannot be stopped; human beings are natural forces of the Earth‚ just as rivers and winds are natural forces. In the article she describes a personal incident in which she and a friend were “hassled” by the Border Patrol. Silko writes about how she used to travel the highways with a sense of freedom as she cruised down t he

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