Clan Leslie

Driving Down Bay Road It’s just twenty-seven minutes away. It’s seven minutes to Rohan’s house, ten minutes to Aditi and Aanya’s house, and then ten minutes to Crescent Ridge. My brother is driving and I’m sitting in the passenger seat. Aanya is sitting in a car seat right behind my brother and Rohan is sitting behind me. Aditi is sitting in the middle. My brother, my cousins, and I really want some ice cream. Sasha is playing his loud rap music like Chance the Rapper, Big Sean, and Tupac…

DREAMS VS REALITY "The yellow woman ." A short story written by Leslie Marmon Silko about a woman who meets a man while she was traveling along the river whom she believed was the "katsnia spirit" . The woman was told stories by her grandfather about a "yellow woman" who was taken by a spirit in the night , she lived with him until she was able to leave and return to her village . The young woman in the story is referred to by the man whom she believes to be is a spirit as "yellow…

¬¬ Leslie Marmon Silko’s book, Ceremony, expresses many issues faced by Native Americans, specifically the Laguna Pueblo people living in New Mexico during the 1940's. The central character, Tayo, a man with mixed ethnic heritage, survived being a soldier during World War II and suffered from post-traumatic syndrome. After Tayo falsely believes he observes his uncle’s death, the military releases him to his family's home on the Laguna reservation. He still suffers mentally, not getting cured…

Leslie Marmon Silko states her view on the significance of oral tradition in the Pueblo community. Silko begins her written speech by saying, “The words most highly valued are those spoken from the heart, unpremeditated and unrehearsed,” (467). Storytelling lies at the heart of Pueblo culture, for it brings their heritage together no matter the time or distance (Silko 470, 479). Pueblo oral tradition differentiates from English writing; oral tradition challenges academic writing. Silko’s written…

Ceremony Final English Paper The book Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko details the story of Tayo, a young half-Native American and half-white boy who has a powerful relationship with nature. When Tayo was a boy, he felt connected with the world around him, but after he went to war, his connection to the earth started to fall apart. However, after the ceremony with Old Betonie, Tayo’s attitude towards nature improves again. The changes in Tayo’s relationship with nature seem to match his mental…

The practice of social media has erupted drastically throughout the past decade. Millennials and even grandparents are all well-versed in the age of technology and the discoveries of social media. From Snapchat to Facebook, and even finding employment on sites like LinkedIn, social media has completely consumed the twenty-first century. From this, the culture of social media has also begun to develop. Even though social media has many advantages towards making daily tasks easier to cope with,…

Revival of the Klan During the 1920s, the Ku Klux Klan was a prominent establishment which terrorized and suppressed newly freed blacks during the reconstruction of the United States. Due to this, many members of the black community did not register to vote and kept away from white areas. African Americans dreaded the violence, lynching, and murder awaiting them, just like they had when slavery was still enforced. Blacks in the United States had to face a gruesome truth, as well as many other…

In the stories Old Man of the Temple by R.K. Narayan and The Man to Send Rain Clouds by Leslie Marmon Silko are two short stories that use culture and religion to develop the plot. The Old Man of the Temple is set in India where their culture has many connections to Hinduism. The Hindu religion believes in reincarnation and many gods. In this…