Connection between Tayo and Laguna culture
Tayo embodies the struggles on the Laguna culture. He has just come back from war, and realizes that things have completely changed. He is unsure about how to get back to who he was before the war. He is struggling with who he was and what he has become.
Throught Ceremony, there is the theme of loss of identity. Tayo has lost his identity as a person and the Laguna culture has also lost part of its’ identity through the greater influence of the ‘white man’. Both Tayo and the Laguna culture are trying to find a way back to their roots. The author shows this through the transition of the individual to the group. She is saying that not only an individual undergoes change, but so does an entire culture, who must learn to adapt to the changing times. The culture can exhibit some of the same problems that an individual has. The author is saying that no matter what, change will happen. Change may be a good thing or a bad thing, but it is how you adapt and get back to your roots that makes the difference of whether you lose your identity.
The points you made are the same ones i was thining of throughout the book. the reference you made that it is how you adapt is also a very good point one that should be thought about later in life.
↓ Quote | Posted October 3, 2006, 2:26 pm