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    The next example is one of a protagonist that in some way resembles Wilhelmina‚ he as well‚ tries and wants to pull away his cultures and traditions in order to fit in at school. Tayo‚ in the book Ceremony by Leslie M. Silko is a young man who finds himself in between the coalition of two cultures‚ his two cultures. Tayo is initiated into the Native American culture and traditions. The distinction here is between the White and the Native American ethnic-race groups. To sum up‚ one of the takeaways

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    Anastasia English II 3-16-15 Lullaby I’m doing this literature paper on the story Lullaby by Leslie Marmon. In the first paragraph I will talk about Ayah’s children. Secondly‚ I will talk about how Ayah lost her kids. Thirdly‚ I will talk about Ayah the character and then I will talk about Chato. My thesis is to tell you how sad this story is. First‚ Ayah has a sad memory of the time her two young children‚ Danny and Ella‚ were taken away from her. White doctors came to her house‚ they were trying

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     By requesting Teofilo to send rain‚ this spiritual aspect of death is demonstrated  in “The Man to Send Rain Clouds“‚ by Leslie Marmon Silko‚  along with cultural traditions such  as face painting. Both of these actions are inspired by the Native­American culture which the  main characters in the story‚ namely Leon and Ken are desperately trying to keep alive. In:  “The Man to Send Rain Clouds“‚ Silko illustrates the coalescence of cultural and religious  differences between the Roman Catholic and the Native­American traditions and the 

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    a much deeper world view held by Leslie Marmon Silko‚ an outlook of respect for the Earth itself. In her book‚ Silko goes on to tell her people’s tale of the Earth’s origin. The Laguna Pueblo people have a more personal relationship with their planet than most. Perhaps it is the fantastic nature of their origin‚ or the way the myth was kept through word of mouth‚ from trusted elder to younger generations‚ whatever the reason‚ it is clear that Silko has inherited this unity with the earth and is hurt

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    Scott Smith Professor Barrett World Liturature 8 November 2008 The Whiteness of Ceremony Throughout Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko‚ there is a constant reminder of the “whiteness“ surrounding the Laguna Pueblos. Through this reminder‚ Silko proves that the Native Americans gain nothing but pain and sadness from this “whiteness.” The whiteness looms over the Pueblos like clouds over the plains. The “whiteness” shown in Ceremony

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    One-third of Canadians have experienced some form of child abuse when they were young whether physical‚ emotional or viewing it happen. In the novel‚ lullabies for little criminals by Heather O’Neill‚ and the films Gardens of the Night and Gracie’s Choice‚ there are many themes of abuse; the reader/viewer becomes exposed to the extent of the abuse and its resulting behaviour years later. Drugs are used as a symbol of each character’s unhappiness‚ while the more unhappy a person is‚ the more drugs

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    Family Influence 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

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    Have you every treated badly because of your race? Was your skin color a problem for you in your life? That is what Leslie Marmon Silko talked about it in her article Fences Against Freedom. Silko’s article was divided to two parts. She wrote about people’s behaviors in the past with other people from different race and color. Then‚ she wrote about how the border patrol treat the immigrants badly just because their race or skin color. I will interpret Silko’s choices for her article because

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    the Nigerian culture. They believe spirits come in and out of the ‘human world’ and these spirits can visit the living. This is the opposite of the American culture’s belief that spirits do not ‘walk’ the earth. In the story “Yellow Woman‚” Silko addresses another cultural practice that is

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    Sherman Alexie once said that “everybody has a backstory‚ and refusing to recognize that backstory is a move intended to naturalize white supremacy.” While it is easy to assume that the use of flashbacks by Native American authors relates only to the main characters within the novels‚ I can’t help but think differently. Instead‚ I believe that the use of flashbacks and traumatic memory by Native American authors is a strategy used to tell cultural and tribal backstories that aren’t commonly recognized

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