It expresses his western education and view of the world, but the non-narrative structure is a tell-tale sign of Native American roots. ... The poetry deviates from the third person narrative of the prose to a first person perspective although the speaker is seldom identified. The few times the reader knows who the speaker is the poetry almost represents stream of consciousness, free flowing, only with regular punctuation at the start and stop of ideas (57). ... This book is indeed a ceremony in itself; Silko may have written it to find her own personal identity. ...

• Word Count: 699
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Through modernism, many of today's innovative ideas have developed. Modernism is a movement toward modifying traditional beliefs in accordance with modern ideas. ... So accepting their modernistic ideas was very farfetched. ... Du Bois states, "The discovery of personal whiteness among the world's peoples is a very modern thing, -a nineteenth and twentieth century matter, indeed. ... " Celebrate the idea of being different from the majority. ...

• Word Count: 1517
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School