Ceremony
From the beginning of the book ceremony I could tell this book was going to be something that I was not used to reading. When the book is started with a type of chant or prayer that says “Sunrise” Then at the end this is repeated and says “Sunrise accept this offering, Sunrise”. This to me seemed a little strange and made me begin to look at this book as more spiritual type of writing. The structure was also confusing in how there were many small story’s inside of one big story. This was done from many flashback story’s that tayo told. One of my problems in reading were trying to determine when were the flash backs and when was he in the present. The drought was significant in the story in trying to show how he thought the people of the village were being punished for neglecting their spiritual roots. This lack of rain also effected Tayo’s uncle Josiah because his cattle were dying from no water. The events in the small story’s that make up the book don’t necessary complete the book as a whole but try to help the reader understand some of the native american’s heritage.