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A review by nicole6559
Storyteller by Leslie Marmon Silko
4.0
I only read the short story Lullaby from this book for class, and I have to say that it was eye opening. This book educated me on a moment in American history that was dark and traumatic for the Native American Population.
The short-story Lullaby details the story of Ayah, a woman who gets her children sent away to an American Indian Boarding School. It tells how it breaks her husband and her apart and how she is never the same after it happened.
While the story details what happened to the parents, it doesn't detail what happens to the children when they are sent away to the schools. If that was included in this story, I feel as if the impact would have been conveyed better. I went to a museum in my city that had an exhibit on the boarding schools, and I have to say the museum add another level to this story, one that it was severely lacking.
Overall, it was a good story that sheds light onto a dark time in American History.
The short-story Lullaby details the story of Ayah, a woman who gets her children sent away to an American Indian Boarding School. It tells how it breaks her husband and her apart and how she is never the same after it happened.
While the story details what happened to the parents, it doesn't detail what happens to the children when they are sent away to the schools. If that was included in this story, I feel as if the impact would have been conveyed better. I went to a museum in my city that had an exhibit on the boarding schools, and I have to say the museum add another level to this story, one that it was severely lacking.
Overall, it was a good story that sheds light onto a dark time in American History.