Blog #2

I finished the second reading from page thirty to forty nine in Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Siko. My first opinion of the book has not changed, I am very confused. It is still very hard to understand when it is the present tense or just a memory from his past. I am starting to notice that the book is mainly set in past tense and spoken in third. Understanding this makes the story a little more bearable to read. The tone of the story so far is somber but hopefully the story will because a little less depressing. The book has many different perspectives on friendship, life, and war. All the different perspectives make the book interesting and unique

Tayo has the same attitude towards life as he did in my earlier reading. Tayo still blames himself for everything that has happened in his life and in his loved ones life. Tayo’s main flashbacks consist mainly of his time with Harley and the memories he has of Rocky. A prominent pattern I am noticing is that the further and further I read into the story is that there are a lot of derogatory views regarding Indians. When Indians ware there uniforms it seems that the peoples view on them just disappear. Tayo said “White women never looked at me until I put on that uniform, and then by God I was a U.S Marine and they came crowding around” pg. 40. This is a great example of how the views of Indians men have changed only when they wear there marine uniforms.

A quote I really enjoyed was “An old white woman rolled down the window and said “God bless you, God bless you,” but it was the uniform, not them, she blessed” pg. 41. I liked this quote because it reveals that the boys know white people only respect them if they have there uniform on but if they don’t have the uniform on they don’t get the same respect. I agree with this quote because it is true that if a person has certain things may it be good or bad people look at them differently.