Ceremony #2 Jessica

29-49
I still like the book thus far. Now that we know that his mother brought so much shame on the family we can see that Tayo is super forgiving. Also how he still loved Rocky even though Rockys’ mother forced him to exclude Tayo is really good hearted. It shows how strong of a relationship they created because Rocky calls Tayo his brother when they recruit, it shows that love can grow when others don’t want it. Tayo is becoming more and more good hearted as the book progresses. His Auntie is disgraced by him and she is the only mother figure he has left and he just understands. It takes a strong heart to turn to a person who is so passive aggressive and forgive them like Tayo did. I can see now why Tayo just wants to blend into the background. He watched his “brother” die and he could not stop it from happening. It is super incredible how Tayo does not hate the Japanese soldier for crushing in his “brothers’” head. He just forgives him and it just baffles me. Tayo is so in touch with his heritage even thou he is only half Indian, he believes more in the medicine man and the traditions, like with the deer (on page 51), than the full blooded Indians.
Personification- “But Auntie stared at him the way she always had, reaching inside him with her eyes, calling up the past as if it were his future too, as if things would always be the same” (pg. 29)
Simile- “like plum satin- covered upholstery inside a coffin, molding itself around a corpse to hold forever”(pg 39)