In the novel, Tayo is Laguna Pueblo that is also partially’ white, although his mom runs away with her new companion and leaves him behind. The true moment he is recognized in the Caucasian world is when he is wearing his uniform in Oakland. “The first day in Oakland he and Rocky walked down the street together and a big Chrysler stopped in the street and an old white woman rolled down the window and said, “God bless you, God bless you,” but it was the uniform, not them she blessed” (Silko 41). This collision of cultures in this section shows how the satire and sarcasm have blended into the everyday life, influencing the negative connotations of white culture and what they represent. However, Silko writes “They never thought to blame the white people for any of it; they wanted white people for their friends. They never saw that it was the white people who gave them that feeling and it was the white people who took it away again when the war was over” (Silko #). This shows the direct feelings towards the white, even though they may resent their culture from the past and what they did, these aren’t the same
In the novel, Tayo is Laguna Pueblo that is also partially’ white, although his mom runs away with her new companion and leaves him behind. The true moment he is recognized in the Caucasian world is when he is wearing his uniform in Oakland. “The first day in Oakland he and Rocky walked down the street together and a big Chrysler stopped in the street and an old white woman rolled down the window and said, “God bless you, God bless you,” but it was the uniform, not them she blessed” (Silko 41). This collision of cultures in this section shows how the satire and sarcasm have blended into the everyday life, influencing the negative connotations of white culture and what they represent. However, Silko writes “They never thought to blame the white people for any of it; they wanted white people for their friends. They never saw that it was the white people who gave them that feeling and it was the white people who took it away again when the war was over” (Silko #). This shows the direct feelings towards the white, even though they may resent their culture from the past and what they did, these aren’t the same