ENGL 1200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 33: Making Money, Leslie Marmon Silko, Louise Erdrich

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: English
• Course: ENGL 1200
• Professor: Ajay Heble

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Leslie marmon silko: among pueblo people, written speech is highly suspect because it detaches the speaker from the audience. Tho(cid:373)as ki(cid:374)g(cid:859)s (cid:373)edi(cid:272)i(cid:374)e ri(cid:448)er a(cid:374)d oral stor(cid:455)telli(cid:374)g a most important relationship in native culture is the relationship which humans share with each other, a relationship that is embodied within the ideas of community. Medicine river have strong emphasis on community values. It (cid:373)akes us look at will(cid:859)s atte(cid:373)pt to retur(cid:374) to his (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)u(cid:374)it(cid:455: his relationship with his mother, his brother, and absent father. Photography and community what is the significance of will being a photographer. Will(cid:859)s jo(cid:271) as a photographer is (cid:373)e(cid:374)tio(cid:374)ed at the (cid:448)er(cid:455) start (cid:894)pg 2(cid:895) Pg 5 (cid:862)there (cid:449)as a (cid:271)o(cid:454) of photographs i(cid:374) the (cid:272)hest. This gives us the sense that will is not really in touch with his roots. Little detail that shows us that he is disconnected with his family.