Ceremony does a great job of confusing me. Maybe this novel is much too sophisticated, but I really don't get it.
Furthermore, since I already don't understand the novel as well as I should, annotating it is kind of a challenge. What am I supposed to be looking for? What is supposed to be sticking out to me but isn't? Where did all my insightful annotating skills for The American Dream and Death of a Salesman go off to?
Much of my difficulty annotating probably stems from the fact that this is the first entire novel I've annotated. Additionally, the prose that Silko throws into Ceremony contains a lot of Native American stories and archetypes that I as someone more familiar with Western stories am confused by. There's so much culture that I do not know about, inhibiting my ability to effectively understand the story as one cohesive plot line.
However, I definitely am enjoying learning about the Native American heritage that so heavily influences the story. Especially all the Native American archetypes, such as reciprocity and the color symbols that contrast with Western color symbols.
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