Ceremony The protagonist of the story, Tayo, is struggling to keep balance in his life. He has difficulty maintaining a consciousness of what is dream and what is memory. He is torn by feelings of divided loyalty due to his mixed parentage and the loss of his "brother" and friends. In order to po...

The West aE"" home on the range where the deer and the antelope play; where seldom is heard a discouraging word and the sky is not cloudy all day.aE The romantic idea of the land west of the hundredth meridian has often inspired songs and poetry, like this one, about idyllic conditions in this dr...