The Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko is concerned with depicting the processes of healing from trauma, contrasting Western medicine with Native American ceremonies. Within the latter, Silko depicts dreaming, the natural world, and the power of speech as particularly significant. She also seems to mirror these concepts in the form of her novel, which is cyclical and fragmented. In what ways is the novel’s form connected to the novel’s content? And what does this tell us about Native American healing ceremonies?
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