After reading the book Storyteller, I think that the book is about
Leslie Silko growing up and learning all the ceremonies and stories of the
Indian culture, and learning the meanings behind them. The book also
talks about her learning what the stories and ceremonies are used for and
how to use them in your life. Leslie Silko talks in the book about some
of her childhood and her years growing up. I believe that the book
Storyteller was written because she [Leslie Silko] wanted everybody that
read the book to know more about her culture and that by writing the book
she would do what she was supposed to do with the stories, which was to
share them with other people and to not be selfish with them. I can't say
if I would recommend the book Storyteller to any of my friends, because I
think that if you just read the book without taking the course you
probably wouldn't get any of the hidden meanings in the book.
I originally took this class just for the credit. However, after
taking this course I'm now glad that I signed up for it. I got a lot more
out of the class than just a Humanities credit. I'm embarassed to say
that I used to be kind of prejudiced against any races other than white
people. I think the thing that helped to start changing me was basic
training for the National Guard. I began to see that other races of
people are no different than I except for their skin color. Everybody in
life wants the same things. People just want to belong and feel wanted
and accepted by others. This course also helped me to realize that no one
person is any better than anyone else. I feel bad for others when I see
them being tortured for something that their past generations have done.
What people need to realize is that the American Indians today had nothing
to do with what happened a Century ago. We need to stop persecuting other
races for things that happened in the past and just get on with our lives.
You have to live in the present and not the past. This course that I took
will change the way I view other races and I think that it will also help
me to have the desire to learn about other races and their heritage. As
for the discussion group, I think that it was a wonderful thing. I was
able to view what everybody else wrote as to what they thought about
things that happened in the two books. By being able to see other
people's work outside of class, it allowed for more classroom time to be
focused on the books. I don't believe that anything more could be done to
make this class more effective.
I would like to thank Dr. Day and the other members of the class for
making this course so interesting and fun. Thank You!
Brian Green
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