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Throughout Leslie Marmon Silko’s work Ceremony, there are many integral themes. The story focuses on Tayo, a World War II veteran, who is traumatized by his experience over the course of the time he spent on the battle front. He views his cousin, Rocky, being killed, and this loss to him wounds him greatly, both physically and mentally. His family idolized Rocky, from Tayo’s point of view, because, I argue, Rocky seemed to be a successful Native American, and Tayo was just not as successful as…

of people who you associate yourself with in high school determines yours social ranking throughout high school most of the time. High school is split up into a variety of cliques and/or groups, including the nerds, preps (privileged kids), hippies, emo, stoners and many others. The nerds were thought to be particularly gifted in terms of their intellectual intelligence in the subjects they are in. They were the kids that had the highest grades throughout high school. People would also sometimes…

Prologue Do you ever feel dead? Like you 're not actually here? Everything is fake or a blur and every single day just goes by like clockwork. That 's how I 've been feeling for the past years. Everyone says it 's just because I 'm a teenager and everything feels this way but I don 't believe it. When I get bored with the real world I like to think outside the box. Pretend and make things up. Sometimes I Google conspiracy theories and look up weird articles. Most of the time they’re fake but…

The mainstream music scene of this time was dominated by auto tuned pop music and hip-hop. Artists such as Brittany Spears and Kanye West held the forefront of the music industry and made the big bucks. The adolescent popularization of emo music also made bands like My Chemical Romance and Blink 182 shine. There was also a rise in popularity for alternative rock bands like the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Oasis. In 2005 we saw YouTube take form and with the internet being able to spread…

Loving relationships are built up and destroyed when you have to make a choice. In the book Hamlet, by William Shakespeare, a side character, Ophelia, has to make a choice between her love of Hamlet and her loyalty to her father and brother. In this quote we can see that Hamlet really did love Ophelia and never wanted anything bad to happen to her: "Doubt thou the stars are fire, Doubt that the sun doth move, Doubt truth to be a liar, But never doubt I love." (2.2. 116-19). The choice that…

William Shakespeare is known for his stories that is relevant to Sarah Blackmore. The author of Romeo & Juliet is William Shakespeare and “The mysterious workings of the adolescent brain” is Sarah Blackmore. The genre of both texts are a tragic play and a Ted Talk. Romeo & Juliet had 6 deaths, teenagers, feud and love. On The Mysterious Workings Of The Adolescent Brain are the studies of the brain (MRI), teenage brain that is still developing. Sarah’s thesis on adolescent development sheds…

¬¬ 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…

living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common. .In the world there are different types of communities. From the ones in high school to career communities. High school communities for example, would be the popular kids, nerds, emo, etc. In the real world, career wise; the communities would be Doctors, Teacher’s, fast-food, etc. All these fall under the category of discourse community. A discourse community is a group of communicators with a common goal or interest that…

I am a proud, card holding member of the feminist community. I bet you are too, as is your nana, mom, sister, the crazy cat lady down the street and even your brother, uncle, and dad. You (and they) may deny it, but by definition, you probably are. Feminism, which is often equated with hairy armpits, bra burning and man-hating, is actually the belief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities. In a 2013 YouGov poll, 82% of participants stated that they believed men and women…

cut, that means you want to commit suicide. These are not the same thing. “Social media and television has drawn attention to cutting in the eyes of 9-14 year olds say,” Says (Davis). Statisticians show that people believe those who cut are either emo or attention seekers. Self harm and eating disorders are becoming normal; Are those the kind of things we should be wanting in our communities?…