This reading section started off weird, with Harley getting beat up by someone and Tayo is an odd daze. Tayo drives Harley and Leroy off to a town after their fight and leaves them in the car to sleep. Tayo then thinks about the transitions that he must make to change his life and get away from alcohol and go back to his Native American heritage. Silko then inserts a story about the Gambler who imprisoned the rain clouds. I think this story can be interpreted as the Native Americans getting caught up in alcohol and other things and losing their heritage. Just like the people in the story got caught up in gambling and lost what they owned and eventually the rain clouds. As for the Sun in the story I believe this could represent Tayo and how he will bring back Native American culture. After this story Tayo goes on an expedition to retrieve Josiah's lost cattle. At the beginning Tayo stays with a women that is around his age and they get intimate, but this time his experience is much different and comforting. "But he did not get lost, and he smiled at her as she held his hips and pulled him closer." (page 181). I think this experience Tayo has with this women may foreshadow his future with her. This women seems to be close with her Native American culture and I believe this is the type of women Tayo is looking for. As Tayo ventures into the wilderness he continues to blame the white people for much of the harm to the environment there. But this time I think the white people deserve this blame for they did indeed steal that land from the Native American reservations. Throughout the adventure Tayo speaks about Betonie's vision of what is to come for Tayo. " Until the previous night, old Betonie's vision of stars, cattle, a woman, and a mountain had seemed remote; he had been wary, especially after he found the stars, and they were in the north." (page 186). This foreshadows that Tayo will get the cattle. Also was this prophecy said by Betonie earlier in the book?
I liked this reading for it showed a different Tayo, a happier at peace one. It showed that things are looking up for him.
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Crazy Daniel I have a question I agree things are looking up now but when do you think it's gonna start getting bad again? It probably will start to get bad again I had a vision of it....
ReplyDeleteHey Daniel! Do you think that Tayo and the woman will continue with their relationship or do you think it was just a one time thing?
ReplyDeleteI think your blogs are my favorite to read. You have an interesting perspective on the story. I didn't really see the Sun as Tayo bringing back his culture, but it makes total sense now I think about it. It would be cool if Tayo found a woman to be with. Hopefully they'll find their way back to each other...and more conversation will take place. Haha.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Shaun everyone has their good times and bad times in life, so when do Tayo's bad times start again?
ReplyDeleteYa Chancellor we got this man!
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