![]() ![]() The story takes place in Navajo country during the winter season. We find various themes here in this story as the tradition of storytelling, tradition and change, maternal relationships, death and loss, racial and cultural suppression or oppression, language barriers etc. Lullaby was a cradle song especially sung to make children sleep. Ayah is the main character, who doesn't directly tell the story to another person. She recalls how her children were once taken away for education and how they returned to a culture that no longer seemed familiar or comfortable. This story is about an old woman named Ayah who reminisces about the tragic events of her life. " Lullaby" is a short story by a native American writer Leslie Marmon Silko. Most of her works often focus on the incompatibility between American Indian and white cultures. Yellow Woman and a Beauty of the Spirit: Essays on Native American Life Today (1996). Short stories and the poetry collection Laguna Woman (1974). She was a native American novelist, poet, and essayist. Shuffling (n): the action of walking without lifting one's feet fully from the ground ![]() Moccasins (n): soft leather slippers or shoes Luminous (adj.): full of or shedding light bright or shining, especially in the dark Intently (adv.): with earnest and eager attention ![]()
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