Saturday, May 9, 2009
Shaun Blog 5
"It isn't just me, Robert. The other guys, they're still messed up too. That ceremony didn't help them." (106) This is an example of Tayo being seen as different by other people. Old men in their village are talking about Tayo and his sickness. Saying he needs help right away. Tayo can feel himself being seen as different from the rest of the people in his village. He starts to get that feeling of being invisible again. Tayo feels that the people in his village are all right about him about him being different and about him being sick. "They are afraid Tayo. They feel something happening, they can see something happening aound them,and it scares the. Indians or Mexicans or whites-most people are afraid of change." (99-100) This part of the long quote makes alot of sense. Night Swan has a good idea of why Tayo is looked at so diffeently and treated differently. Tayo can open up to Night swan she understands what Tayo is going through being seen as different. I still can't balieve Tayo and Night Swan had something going on. Isn't she alot older than he is. Tayo did think that she didn't look old or young to him she had no relation to age which is really interesting.
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Shaun,
ReplyDeleteThanks for your post.
Why does Tayo have an idea of why he is treated differently? What else are you noticing about Tayo?
Ms. Champagne
How does the quote you put up relate to Tayo's current illness? Didn't Night Swan's encounter happen before he was shipped to Asia?
ReplyDeleteI know Tayo feels treated differently because his Auntie tries to isolate Tayo from the rest of the family at first. Tayo can also figure that people are talking about him getting the ceremony when he isn't even full indian. I like reading about Tayo feeling different because I have experienced the same exact thing when Im like the whitest one at a family party. Feels really weird.......
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