Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko

Leslie Marmon Silko's novel tells Tayo, a young man who returned to his home after World War II returned home to Laguna Pueblo's residence. . And it is very sick. In the story, Silko introduced us to the life of Tayo before the war, which gave us a deeper understanding of the cause of Tayo's illness. In his state, Tayo experienced many rituals, both literally and as a metaphor, trying to correct his disease. One of the rituals was led by medical scientist Old Ku'oosh, where he did a cleaning ritual for those who killed someone in battle, but Tayo said that nobody killed I did not remember.

The story is "a powerful device that we have, you can fight disease and death" (Silko 1). In the novel by Leslie Marmon Silko and Haroun, and in the story of Salman Rushdie, this story is for this purpose. Each hero, Tayo and Haroun, have obstacles they have to overcome. Tayo is a veteran of the Native American World War II, suffering from heart disease and suggesting posttraumatic stress disorder. He was told that the ritual is the only way to cure him.

Leslie Marmon Sirko explains many paradoxes of American culture, values ​​and history with her novel "Ceremony". Tayo is trying to cope with his own internal struggle, Silko's writing reveals the American struggle. Through the experience of Tayo's two culturalism, the views of the Americans and the relationship with Native Americans are detailed. America, free lands, and brave hometowns openly discriminate and evaluate their true indigenous peoples. In addition, the brave ideals of the United States have been tried. Not only will American indigenous soldiers die for the country that captured their land, but some people rethink the brave ideals of the American tradition. As Silko incorporates the significance of indigenous peoples into the importance of verbal traditions, the inconsistent nature of American traditional record history is also evident in rituals. History supports the culture of Native Americans, but Americans often justify by misrepresenting or manipulating history.

As an important person in the Native American Renaissance, Leslie Marmon Silco combines stories and rituals to form a story of cultural resistance and identity. After returning home from the Second World War, Tayo, the hero of the ceremony, experienced post-traumatic stress disorder just because his mixed identity was more complicated. Throughout his life Tayo's treatment tour, Silko imitates Native American ceremonies and regains the power of indigenous identities.