![]() ![]() ![]() In this manner Silko aims to heal the divisions by making her readers witness the horrors, experience them through emotional engagement, and thereby pass the story forward. In Almanac, Silko seeks to heal this “illness”, the emotionally void and violent world of contemporary America, through the means of mediation: the novel draws parallels between cultures, but in a deeply critical, satiric tone, revelling in violence, suggesting that change may not be possible without radical measures. The wide range of characters in Silko’s novel exhibit the emotional responses to the violence, from extreme emotions to complete numbness. The violence reflects a persistent strain in American history, from indigenous cultures to the violent world of post-contact, all the way to modern America. ![]() There is a focus on violence in Silko’s novel Almanac of the Dead depictions of violence as well as violent and pathologically unfeeling characters are abundant in the novel. I will focus on the shift from the positive and harmonious tone in Pueblo Indian author Leslie Marmon Silko’s first novel, Ceremony, to the dark and dystopic vision of her second novel, Almanac of the Dead. ![]() Leslie Marmon Silko’s Almanac of the Dead The Electronic Journal of the Department of English ![]()
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