English 10H
Period 6
4/28/09
Blog #2
Page 48: "From that time on they were so busy playing around with that Ck'o'yo magic they neglected the mother corn altar....Our mother Nau'ts'ity'i was very angry over this over the way all of them even Ma'see'wi and Ou'yu'ye'wi fooled around with this magic. "I've had enough of that," she said, "If they like that magic so much let them live off it." So she took the plants and grass from them. No baby animals were born. She took the rainclouds with her."
I really liked this quote because the mother corn or whatever was really upset and since the two were neglecting her she took away everything they had. I thought it was an amusing passage. It makes me feel that you should'nt take anything for granted and that I shouldn't simply ignore someone or something.
I'm starting to like this book. It has really good imagery and has very good similes. The similes makes the story more interesting and the imagery helps with my mental image of what's going on. I like the plot it's pretty good.
Blog #3
Page 54: "The wind stirred the dust. The people were starving. She's angry with us," the people said. "Maybe because of that Ck'o'yo magic we were fooling with. We better send someone to ask our forgiveness."
I liked this quote because it ties in with my other one I chose . I felt that it was payback for the two and they made everyone else suffer, so they feel a little guilt. I just thought it was cool.
HOkay so I read more of this book and it's getting a little graphic like the part when Tayo or Emo were making love with that girl and I was like "OH that's not weird or anything". So that really put a different perspective on my feelings for this book. But hopefully it'll only have that one section.
yea I feel the same way about the writting and taking things for granted.How do you think the quotes fit with the stroy? like relate them.
ReplyDeleteIt's good that you shared your quotes, but I'd like to know more about how you like the book so far.
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ReplyDeleteThanks for your post. What similes are standing out to you? What social aspects is Silko pointing out through the book, who might Mother Corn be?
In the future please don't double up your posts.
Ms. Champagne
I never really got the meanings of the story poem things but your insight helped. Do you think the feelings in the stories connect with Tayo's feelings?
ReplyDeleteI am starting to understand the things that are going on but the poems and stuff still don't make any sense... they are pretty but i don't understand...do you??? how do you like this book comapred to other ones you have read this year???
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