The character of Tayo
I had to blog on how this character, Tayo, affected me as I read through Ceremony. It was like Tayo was going through Hell throughout the first half of the novel, making himself sick thinking of Rocky and how he was a huge disgrace to his family. I will admit that I absolutely hated reading this book at first just because how it made me feel. It put me in a depressed mood to see how sick this poor soldier was over his dead cousin and how his family did nothing to help him.
Although Tayo did pull through and I think the author, Leslie Marmon Silko, purposely made the first half of the novel depressing just so that the second half would seem like such a relief. I usually don’t have too many emotions towards a book, but this one really grabbed me because of the change in moods that I got from reading it. I think it made it that much better of a book, it was truly unique.