Yo guys this is my 3rd blog for pages 49-65
"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" pg 48-49
This quote is from the poem of the man Pa'cya'nyi tricking people with his magic and Nau'ts'ity'i who they refer to as their mother takes all of the life she has brought to the earth out of anger. This is another poem which deals with drought in the Native American culture and it relates to mankind driving away the gifts of the holy and omni powerful. It also relates to Tayo's guilt for starting the drought because it deals with a human indirectly banishing rainclouds.
" They all had explanations; the police, the doctors at the psychiatric ward, even Auntie and old Grandma; they blamed liquor and they blamed the war" pg 53
This quote shows how Tayo resents the fact that he is looked down on or pitied because he had come home from the war with battle fatigue.
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How does the poem relate to Tayo? You never said how you feel about the book. So how does it make you feel?(super nerdy)
ReplyDeleteHmm I never saw that connection with your first quote to Tayo but it does connect so i see that now. So why would all those people blame liquor and the war?
ReplyDeletei don't understand either about your 1st quote can you please clarify???i think you should talk more about the book instead of all quotes...how is your understanding of the book coming along???
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ReplyDeleteThanks for your post. (Natalie...you're kind of bossy!)
You guys are focusing too much on the literal translation of the drought. What else is in a drought?!?
I think Tayo resents the fact that these people assume they know what is going on with him, but they aren't even touching the surface.
Thoughts?
Ms Champagne