IT WORKS:)

Okay, well this section reveals Tayo's personal changes and somewhat self-realization. In the beginning of this reading Silko says that, "The Scalp Ceremony lay to rest the Japanese souls in green humid jungles" (page 169). So even though the ceremony wasn't finished, it helped him out some. Then there is a myth about Kaup'a'ta, or the Gambler. He was good-looking and would lure hunters into his cabin and gamble them out of all their things they owned, including their lives. Then he would give them one last chance to save their lives. That was to guess what was in his pouch/bag thing. Usually all the hunters got it wrong, so their hearts were cut out and they were left to die. Then the storm  clouds went missing, which are the Sun Man's "children". He goes to the Spider Woman for help and she teaches him how to get them back. The Sun Man goes to the Gambler and says everything the woman told him to and ends up cutting out the Gambler's eyes and getting his children free. I thought this story was kind of off, but it fits in with the opening of transition. It shows that the Gambler had his scheme that went on for awhile, but once something "big" happened, there had to be some sort of change.

Then the other half of this section, everything that Betonie had mentioned in his vision begin coming true. Betonie speaks of a woman, mountains, the spotted cattle, and stars. Tayo is stopping for his horse to get some water when he sees a woman. She takes him back to her house and he...spends the night. During that time, he sees Betonie's stars and dreams of the spotted cattle. The next morning the woman is painting a picture of mountains. Tayo then sets off on his journey to find Josiah's cattle. They're supposedly in a fence and we aren't sure whether they were stolen or not.

What i found weird about this section was the woman because of the question asked whether she was real or not. To me it's sort of obvious that she IS real, but yet there are other good points.