Essays, Essays, Essays

After writing numerous essays in the past few days, some quotes have hit me pretty hard. One part in the book that really made me think was Tayo's spirit walk. It is hard to tell whether or not it is real, so I think that some components are real while others were part of his imagination. We know that there really was someone out in the desert who trapped his cattle because he and Robert notice they had been fed while he was away. "They look real good, Tayo...Somebody's been looking after them for you" (Silko 199). Although he doesn't know if it is Ts'eh or not, because they hut is virtually empty, there had to have been some real person.

One aspect of his journey that seems to be imagined was when the man started chanting behind him as he walked. "The voice faded in and out, sometimes muffled or lost in the wind" (Silko 192). He seems like a memory of Tayos, recalling the chants of where his people came from. It seems unlikely that Tayo really was being followed by a mysterious man in the wilderness that he could not see. Although parts of this man seem dream-like, it is also possible that the man he hears is the hunter. The hunter is aware of the Traditional ways, as shown by the respectful manner in which he decorates the dead deer's antlers. This makes it possible that he could be the same person that Tayo hears chanting.