Erica's Fifth Blog.

This part of the book was interesting. With the literature circle activity in class, it made me understand it better. So, Night Swan and Tayo had some sexual relations when Tayo was supposed to give the note from Josiah to Night Swan. Through the book you find out that Josiah dies, but they don't tell you how. That's what got me confused. I wonder how he died and what that note said. It's really wrong that Night Swan kind of seduced Tayo after she had been hooking up with Uncle Josiah.

Rocky is practically in no one's business at this point of the book, all he thinks about is football, girls, and the military.That's how Auntie wants it to be because she thinks that if Rocky starts doing the same things as Tayo, he will be tied to the land and he won't leave the reservation.

My favorite quote of this part:
"She shook her head slowly, "They're afraid, Tayo. They feel something happening, they can see something happening around them, and it scares them. Indians or Mexicans or whites -- most people are afraid of change. They think that if their children have the same color skin, the same color eyes, that nothing is changing." She laughed softly. "They are fools. They blame us, the ones who look different. That way they don't have to think about what has happened inside themselves.""

I like this quote because Night Swan was right, a lot of people are afraid of change. Some parents make their children marry the people they don't want. It's just because they're the right ethnicity or the right color eyes. Something like that. It is all wrong, the people in the book like Auntie need to realize that things change everyday, good or bad. This quote pretty much describes a lot of people in the world.