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    Native American healing is based on the belief that everyone and everything on earth is interconnected. Not just interconnectivity within races‚ but interconnectivity amongst humans‚ the land‚ and the nonhuman. In Leslie Marmon Silko’s Ceremony‚ the main character Tayo is both of Pueblo and Western ancestry: two racial identities that clash in their belief systems. Growing up with his Native American traditions was embedded in his way of being‚ however Western standards did not accept these traditions

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    the war as they see friends‚ loved ones‚ anyone‚ fall to human hands. This brutal pain transcends the war itself‚ reaching for victims long after the war has ended. It evolves into a sickness‚ one that is not so easily cured by doctors. Tayo‚ in Leslie Marmon Silko’s‚ Ceremony‚ is haunted by this mind-ravaging mental disease after fighting and struggling for too long in the Japanese jungles. He returns to America‚ no longer a war hero‚ but as the scarred Native who is back to falling prey under the

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    still being manipulated by those who knew how to stir the ingredients together: white thievery and injustice boiling up the anger and hatred that would finally destroy the world: the starving against the fat‚ the colored against the white” (191). Leslie Marmon Silko’s Ceremony‚ is an example of Postcolonial literature. The novel focuses on the de-colonization of the Native American culture by white people and the effects it has on the Natives. Rocky is a strong‚ educated Native boy who prefers the

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    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 from the novel‚ is Tayo’s feeling and view on racism. He was once a soldier for the U.S. Army in World War II. Through other characters such as Emo‚ another Native American young man who had been

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    been added to the basic cultural belief. In Leslie Silko’s short story‚ "The Man to send Rain Clouds"‚ this predicament arises. Although a constant influence of Catholic beliefs are apparent in the Pueblo people’s society‚ Leon and his family still display their Native American identity through their actions present throughout the story. Silko explains that her people "were well informed about [culture]‚" and that "old traditions were dying out" (Silko‚ "Language" 772). The local Catholic Church’s

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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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    Towards the end of the story (in part four)‚ Silko introduces the image of sand several times. The setting is indeed taking place where there is abundant sand and for Silko it is a part of the story. In order for one to see how sand plays a role in the story‚ its physical properties must be presented first. Sand is a solid granular substance comprised of tiny particles or grains. Its composition is based on rock and minerals and is variable depending on the local conditions. It is also present in

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    Rain Man Section 1: Rain Man starts off with a pompous self-centered business man named Charlie Babbitt. Charlie is in deep water trying to save his business when he receives a phone call alerting him that his father has passed away. He returns to his hometown Cincinnati for the funeral with his business associate/lover Susanna. Charlie tells Susanna that his mother had died when he was two‚ his father showed him minimal affection‚ and when he was scared he had an imaginary friend named Rain Man

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    paper deals with rain man movie to critique the most interesting character in it Raymond‚ his behavior‚ his language and what the problem he suffer. Charlie is a young and businessman who sells expensive cars for a living. One day he receives word his father died‚ that a man he had never spoken with him since along years‚ Charlie get back to his childhood home to get a care of his father’s property‚ suddenly he surprised all of his dad’s $3‚000‚000 estate was left to an unnamed man in a ’trust’ .After

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    MOVIE CHARACTER PRESENTATION RAIN MAN RAIN MAN- OVERVIEW    The Movie Rain Man focuses on an autistic man with unusual number capabilities (autistic savant) The movie analyses the mental functionalities of an autistic savant‚ Raymond Babbitt as Rain Man The movie also shed some light on the body-mind relationships and interpersonal relationships of an autistic mind RAYMOND BABBITT     1988 Movie- winner of the best actor award for Dustin Hoffman as Raymond Babbitt‚ an autistic

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