1-49 Ceremony Blog

Hey guys
sorry i forgot to post my first one so im just going to combine the two i guess.
So far i think this book is a little scattered you could say. Just the way it's written to me is confusing. I am somewhat lost because i don't really understand all the connections like with Tayo Rocky and Josiah. And i feel like i am making assumptions and infrences as to waht is going on. But I guess the storyline and plot is pretty good. So far it has a decent setting and it is detailed. I also don't really understand why Tayo seems to alsways gag and vomit and feel sick. Is he sick all the time or has the war and all that he's een made him crazy or something?
Here are some quotes from 1-29
"The humid air turned into sweat that had run down the cot\rporal's face while he repeated his dream to them. That was the first time Tayo had realized that the man's skin was not much different from his own. The skin. He saw the skin of the corpses again and again, in ditches on either side of the long muddy road-skin that was stretched shiny and dark over bloated heads: even white men were darker after death." Pg. 7
i just thought this quote was intresting because he is seeing all these dead people and now that they are gone that aren't much different and racist. It is also pretty good imagery.
"...throwing his hoops along the ground where he would hook and flip them into the air again and they would skim over his head and shoulders down to his dancing feet, like magic." Page 10
Just a similie
29-49 was pretty intresting i must say. One thing that i thought was kind of funny is that they call the grandma old grandma. And i am a little confuse about who or what is Ku'oosh? I am also un sure if Rocky died or not. I mean i am pretty sure he did but just a little confused.
It also seems like Tayo is getting better and he is not vomit as much as he was. I think he just had like a disease or something.
"...so that any hollow crushing sound he heard-children smashing gourds along the irrigation ditch or a truck tire running over a piece of dry wood-any of these sounds took him back to that moment. Screaming, with mud in his mouth and in his eyes, screaming until the others dragged him away before the Japs killed him too. " This quote had some imagery too it as well but it hints i think as to maybe why Tayo is sick all the time. It also is just a powerful quote showing how mistreated he is and all his friends.