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Given what you have read so far (esp. the Pueblo stories, the Hopi film, and Silko essays), what connections can you draw between the first few pages (the poems) of Ceremony and these materials?
Explain why Tayo blames himself for the six year drought.
Carefully re-read the pages that involve the old medicine man, Ku’oosh, p. 31-34. Explain the significance of how Ku’oosh speaks, chooses words, and of his point about the fragility of the world.
Describe, as best as you can, Auntie’s attitudes about Tayo, mixed blood, and religion.
On p. 42-45 and 49-50, are fragments of the hummingbird story. Look at this and some of the other set off stories (centered on the page) and write some about any connections you see between the stories and Tayo’s narrative.
Explain, from what you see so far, how the novel represents race and racial politics.
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