"The reflection of it's colors made the sand stone cliffs gold, and then deep red." This is imagery from the author explaining what he sees in the surroundings around him. In that paragraph he address it well. Further on, on the same page, he has a flash back of sitting in the same place with Rocky and he says how little it changed since then.
To me the I feel as if the Gallup ceremony is a symbol towards the relationship that the whites and the Native Americans have. During the ceremony different tribes get together and do dances as entertainment for the white people. The white people are ignorant and neglect the Native Americans because of who they are. That is a major problem in this world that will never go away. Eventhough the Native Americans try to work their way to where they want to be the whites are always shutting them down. It's kind of ironic how everyday of the year that is not around this time the whites treat tv Native Americans as is they they themselves are higher. But when it comes to this time it's as if the whites like them only because of there materialistic things. I think that the only reason why some of the whites like them is because of what they can make but they end up hating them regardless of what they can do.
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This book has a lot to do with conflic between races.. it seems like a lot of books we have read have had a similar plot i guess.... what do you think???
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ReplyDeleteThanks for your post.
I agree that Silko is pointing out the white society errs of the time toward Native Americans. How does this theme fit in your world?
Thoughts anyone.
Ms. Champagne
I agree with your thought about the Indians trying to make things work with the Whites, but the Indians always talk down on the white people. Maybe that is why the white people don't like Indians that much. What do you think?
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