![]() ![]() Both men are afraid that the ceremony might not apply to this situation, although it helps him. As Tayo begins to wish he could go back to the Veteran's Hospital, his grandmother takes him to the medicine man, who performs a ceremony for warriors who have killed during battle. ![]() Tayo slowly realizes that he's not alone, when he discovers that his friends Harley, Leroy, Emo, and Pinkie, who also fought in the war are also dealing with post-traumatic stress and are dealing with it with alcohol. He also regrets his prayer against rain that he had made when he was in the Philippines, which he thinks is causing the draught on the reservation. Upon returning home from the Veteran's Hospital, Tayo faces his family's disappointment about the loss of his cousin, and his own sadness at the death of his favorite uncle, Josiah. Tayo was driven out of his mind by watching his cousin die and thinking he saw his uncle's face in a crowd of Japanese soldiers that he was ordered to kill. As Tayo"s story is told, it is paralleled with poems telling older stories of his people. Ceremony, by Leslie Marmon Silko, weaves together poetry and prose to tell the story of Tayo, a Native American man suffering from mental illness after returning home from a Veteran's Hospital during World War II. ![]()
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