Important Points

Question 1

Tayo realises that…

Answer 1

The problem isn’t as simple as Indian against white, it’s a problem with humanity, it’s bigger than him

Question 2

Storytelling (6)

Answer 2

National identity 
Paula Gunn Allen criticism - memory and change
Poems reflect story 
Veterans new stories - tricked by magic 
Reader ceremony 
Stories aren't new

Question 3

Alienation (1)

Answer 3

Cultural alienation

Question 4

Space (1)

Answer 4

So much contained in tiniest thing - word, fly, book

Question 5

Natural world (3)

Answer 5

Emotional state - Silko - thought woman creates what she thinks - Tayo’s recovery is found in the mind and landscape - he makes it what he needs
Reciprocal relationship
Corn mother/Mother Earth - depend and revere - emotional

Question 6

War (2)

Answer 6

Destroys veterans

Tayo sicker

Question 7

National identity (3)

Answer 7

Ceremonies and change
Reservations
- inferior - shame
- reduced land - poverty - worse feeling of shame
- illusion of autonomy - makes it seem like their fault
Uniform - citizenship/respect - blame themselves for lost feeling
Harley and Leroy

Question 8

Vanishing American (2)

Answer 8

Killing Emo

Post war assimilation