Ceremony #1 Jessica

Sorry I have been super sick and have not been able to do this.
So I just read pages 1- 29 and so far I actually like the book. I find the deep connection Tayo has with his roots inspiring and intriguing. I have never gotten into my heritage and the way he still believes with his heart that the stories of his clan are true is something I can’t comprehend. How he is so in touch with everything around him and how he loves Rocky so deeply says a lot about his character. I think they way he is seeing the world in his bereavement is something we all do at some point in our life. I love how the author describes how Tayo feels in his depression.
“For a long time he had been white smoke. He did not realize that until he left the hospital, because white smoke had no consciousness of itself.”(pg 14)
He wants to be invisible because he feels guilty because he thinks he has played some role in killing Rocky. I think every person wants to be invisible because they did something they regretted but how he blocks out the whole world means he is a lot more troubled than he should be. He tried hard to save Rocky but he can’t forgive himself. How he is able to not blame all his bad fortune on the Japanese shows what a forgiving person he is however he can’t do that for himself
I like the flash backs because I think it gives depth to the book. It shows how Tayo became who he is and why he is that way.
Quotes:
Simile/personification- “He tossed in the old iron bed, and the coiled springs kept squeaking even after he lay still again, calling up humid dreams of black night and loud voices rolling him over and over again like debris caught in a flood.”(pg 5)
Simile- “he felt a sick sweat shiver over him like the shadow of the angel Auntie talked about.” (pg 17)