Tayo

During this past week my class and I have been reading the book Ceremony written by Leslie Marmon Silko. Although we are not very far into the book yet, it is already very interesting. The book focuses on a World War II soldier named Tayo who happens to be half Native American and half White. So far the biggest things that have stuck out to me from this book are the roles that racism and post traumatic stress play. Racism has already played a huge role in this book. This book is constantly talking about how Tayo feels rejected from both the Native American and White societies, and even rejected from his own family because of the fact he is both Native American and White. Another very prominent piece of this book that has play a huge role is post traumatic stress. As I said before, Tayo fought in World War II which lead to a huge mount of suffering in his life due to post traumatic stress. The book constantly refers to nightmares and basically hallucinations that Tayo has suffered from as a result of his service in the War. Overall, these were the two ideas that stuck out to me the most, and I believe the two things that have played the biggest roles in this book thus far. I am very interested to see if this trend continues and how these roles may change throughout the remainder of the book.