Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Erica's Fourth Post.

I like the book now that I understand it better. Night Swan kind of confused me because I thought that it was Tayo's mother but Tayo's mother is dead. Why does Leslie Silko put poems every other page and why did she write Emo's story about sleeping with those two girls into poem form? I like how Auntie treats Tayo like he is acutally part of the family and I like how Rocky called Tayo "my brother." I think that Tayo felt that he was also the black sheep of the family because Auntie made the family alienate Tayo but because of that, it made not only Rocky but also Josiah and Robert grow closer with Tayo. Emo needs to stop being such a butt head to Tayo, seriously. Tayo has never done anything to bad to Emo until Tayo stabbed him in the stomach with the beer bottle. That was pretty harsh but Emo kind of deserved it.

The thing about the differences with Rocky and Tayo's futures throw me off a little because wouldn't Auntie want to keep Rocky around instead of sending him off to college? Wouldn't she want to give Tayo a chance to get away from the family because of how Auntie felt about him? I think that Tayo and Rocky should have the same opportunities for their future.

2 comments:

  1. I'm pretty sure Emo's adventure is in poem form because he was recounting it in Laguna; some authors use italics to show when a language other than English is being used. Maybe Silko uses verse to express Laguna.

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  2. Erica,
    Thanks for your fourth post.
    Yes Tayo and Rocky should have the same possibilities, but look at it from a bigger picture. What does Rocky symbolize and Tayo symbolize. Rocky is dismissing his culture and becoming acculturated with the white world while Tayo is the opposite. What is Silko pointing out?
    Thoughts?
    Ms Champagne

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