In Storyteller, Silko emphasizes the concept of human nature through the usage of register, spacing, and semantic choices in an effort to help the reader gain a clear understanding of people and their instincts. The marxist lens shows how Silko employs purposeful spacing and analogies to highlight the innate temporal instinct that humans ultimately possess and how that leads to direct consequences.
In Silko’s story regarding the Ck’o’yo medicine man (105-113), she employs poetry style writing through the usage of stanzas, spacing, and specific word choice. Silko uses blunt, informal register to reach a wide variety of audience and ultimately to comment on the idea of backlash for being greedy, but that this is a result of human nature. Looking more specifically at page 107, and by utilizing close-reading analysis, one can see exactly how Silko does this.
Towards the top of the page, Silko states, “...and all the people were fooled by that Ck’o’yo medcine man…” (107). The specific usage of the semantic choice “fooled” creates a connotation of mistake, and of trickery within the story. The medicine man had drawn in the twin brothers, …show more content…
By using this lens and only looking at the text specifically, one may argue that Silko is using a poetic structure as a way to challenge the reader to dig deeper into the organic whole, rather than looking at a specific section of the story. A new critic would not relate this poem to human instinct, but instead stay within the text and look at how patterns and symbols emerge throughout the story. Additionally, a new critic would argue that we should not focus on culture, history, or politics when looking at literary criticism. A new critic would not look into what Silko intended, but instead focus on how the form of the poem explicitly relates to its meaning and expresses an attitude toward the literary form
In Silko’s story regarding the Ck’o’yo medicine man (105-113), she employs poetry style writing through the usage of stanzas, spacing, and specific word choice. Silko uses blunt, informal register to reach a wide variety of audience and ultimately to comment on the idea of backlash for being greedy, but that this is a result of human nature. Looking more specifically at page 107, and by utilizing close-reading analysis, one can see exactly how Silko does this.
Towards the top of the page, Silko states, “...and all the people were fooled by that Ck’o’yo medcine man…” (107). The specific usage of the semantic choice “fooled” creates a connotation of mistake, and of trickery within the story. The medicine man had drawn in the twin brothers, …show more content…
By using this lens and only looking at the text specifically, one may argue that Silko is using a poetic structure as a way to challenge the reader to dig deeper into the organic whole, rather than looking at a specific section of the story. A new critic would not relate this poem to human instinct, but instead stay within the text and look at how patterns and symbols emerge throughout the story. Additionally, a new critic would argue that we should not focus on culture, history, or politics when looking at literary criticism. A new critic would not look into what Silko intended, but instead focus on how the form of the poem explicitly relates to its meaning and expresses an attitude toward the literary form