Ceremony
Within the novel of “Ceremony” there are short stories, or poems, scattered throughout the text. These stories, in my opinion, are very important to the story in which they are telling you more about Tayo. It was slightly difficult to understand the style of these poems at first. You will realize that these poems are like flashbacks. Knowing that these poems are flashbacks and that Tayo has recently returned home from war, it helps you understand the meanings of them. It helps you vision these flashbacks he is having of his war memories. These poems tell you different things, sometimes it tells you about Tayo and why he is the he is, sometimes it is of events from war that show you why Tayo is scared, and some are on his return home and how he is dealing with it. I believe that from these poems it helps you understand the character of Tayo a lot better.
I like that you used Tayos flashbacks as a reason for the short stories or poems. This makes total sense since they had direct refrence to what the land was going through since he got back and what he has to do to make it right again.
↓ Quote | Posted October 9, 2006, 11:50 pmI agree with you I also think that at first it was hard to understand the stories throughout the book and that it really helped to go back and reread them.
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