Ayah Short Lullaby Analysis
While Silko offers a short lullaby that has many different ways of interpretation, it completes the and reinforces some of the topics that were mentioned before such as nature of life, birth, in a context that is connected to the people, land, and time: “The earth is your mother, she holds you. The sky is your father, he protects you. Sleep, sleep. Rainbow is your sister, she loves you. The winds are your brothers, they sing to you. Sleep, sleep. We are together always We are together always There never was a time when this was not so” (Lullaby, 1056).
In conclusion, Ayah’s culture stayed alive not only to her dead children but also to her mother and grandma who sang the song before her, emphasizing the continuity and the expansion of life of her tradition. Although Ayah cannot "remember whether she had ever sung it to her children" (Lullaby, 1056), now that the story had been told, the song will now live on through Silko's voice. The hopeful theme of infinity in the lullaby …show more content…
Ayah’s story is a political statement. Her story also confronts the survival of the Navajo people and its traditions as well as the survival of every type of Native people traditions or cultures. This is a story about how these people hold on to the roots of their culture and lineage despite the outside forces trying to change their culture and institute what they think is right to the Indian communities and how they continue to maintain their way of life despite many years of change around them. Ayah never loses sight of herself as an important part of her marriage with Chato. She too had a role in the relationship by caring for her children and husband, during the time she still had possession of them, this means just as much as Chato's role of working for the rancher before he got fired or using the welfare checks although many times they were used in negative
In conclusion, Ayah’s culture stayed alive not only to her dead children but also to her mother and grandma who sang the song before her, emphasizing the continuity and the expansion of life of her tradition. Although Ayah cannot "remember whether she had ever sung it to her children" (Lullaby, 1056), now that the story had been told, the song will now live on through Silko's voice. The hopeful theme of infinity in the lullaby …show more content…
Ayah’s story is a political statement. Her story also confronts the survival of the Navajo people and its traditions as well as the survival of every type of Native people traditions or cultures. This is a story about how these people hold on to the roots of their culture and lineage despite the outside forces trying to change their culture and institute what they think is right to the Indian communities and how they continue to maintain their way of life despite many years of change around them. Ayah never loses sight of herself as an important part of her marriage with Chato. She too had a role in the relationship by caring for her children and husband, during the time she still had possession of them, this means just as much as Chato's role of working for the rancher before he got fired or using the welfare checks although many times they were used in negative