Maura's Blog #4 - 60something-87

This section is probably the most confusing, in my opinion. Most of it is flashbacks to times with Josiah, but then within the flashback there is another flashback and it gets pretty confusing. I still like the writing though. I love how there is a storyline, but Silko has encorporated Native American culture into it.

"Later on, Tayo wondered if she liked it that way, going to church by herself, where she could show the people that she was a devout Christian and not immoral or pgan like the rest of the family. When it came to saving her own soul, she wanted to be careful that there were no mistakes." (Silko 77)
To me, this was one of the most interesting twists in the story yet. I have thought, all this time, that Auntie referred to Tayo's mother and Tayo himself as a shame to the family because of their Native American beliefs. Maybe it is? But I realized it could also be because she is a loyal Christian. The last line of this quote also contradicts what was earlier said in the book, about Native American's combining their soul as one, and helping eachother. Auntie wants to save her own soul, whether her family did it too or not. She was about herself.

"They flew to the fourth world
below.
Down there
was another kind of daylight
everything was blooming
and growing
everything was so beautiful." (Silko 82)
Once again, I love how Silko encorporates random Native American poems and religions into the story, where they actually match the story line. Maybe I don't fully understand this quote, I just like the phrase 'down there/was another kind of daylight'. Maybe an aspect of 'its always greener on the other side', which is actually true for this poem.