Liangying Li; Yanjiao Kong; Jie Liu; Yunfeng Niu

doi:10.70711/cle.v2i4.5628

Struggles for Identification, Life and Recovery: Nathan Marx in Defender of the Faith and Tayo in Ceremony

Liangying Li, Yanjiao Kong, Jie Liu, Yunfeng Niu

Abstract

Identification is an important symbol for a human being to live in a society. Living in a world influenced by globalisation and white hegemony, people of ethnic groups such as Jews and American Indians are facing the challenge of being assimilated into the more dominant culture of the white society. Upon analysis of Nathan Marx in Defender of the Faith and Tayo in Ceremony, the author compares their attitudes toward another culture and warfare, and their journey toward recovery.

Keywords

Assimilation; Hegemony; Ethnic groups; Struggle; Identification; Recovery

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[1] Roth, Philip. Defender of the Faith. Norton Anthology of American Literature, Vol. 2. 5th Ed. Ed. Nina Baym. New York: W.W. Norton, 1998. 210324.

[2] Silko, Leslie Marmon. Ceremony. New York: Penguin, 1986.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.70711/cle.v2i4.5628

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