Blog 4 - Ryder Wakayama

The book is getting more interesting now, and i am still enjoying this book a lot. It's pretty interesting to see how Silko explains Tayo's past and the characters in his past. You get confused as to what goes on then sooner or later it goes to a flash back which explains that certain part. I like that kind of writing.

Here are the quotes:

" 'She was completely naked except for her high-heel shoes. She dropped her purse under that tree. Later on some kids found it there and brought it back. It was empty except for a lipstick.' Tayo swallowed and took a breath. 'Auntie,' he said softly, 'what did she look like before I was born?' She reached behind the pantry curtains and began rearranging the jars of peaches and apricots on the shelves, and he knew she was finished talking to him." Pg 70

I thought that this was cruel of Auntie, it was vital for Tayo to know what kind of person his mother was and why he is alienated by his peers. This does not justify her insulting his mom, showing how he was proof of her disgrace and the fact that when he asked her a question about her, she didn't respond.

"Later on, Tayo wondered if she liked it that way, going to church by erself, where she could show the people that she was a devout Christian and not immoral or pagan like th rest of the family." pg 77

This quote shows how Auntie feels that her family is doomed in their way, which is the whole family would achieve bliss in the afterlife rather than the individual, and how she had given up on them. She had decided to save herself. She also cares a lot about how the people think about her and wants herself to be a good person rather than the image her family had brought upon her.

I don't really like Auntie she's selfish and she cares so much about what people thinks, I like everybody else in the book though.