Catholicism And Native Indian Rituals In Marie Arana's Cellophane

I thoroughly enjoyed working with Sydney, Kathleen, and Rebecca on this group project. As we worked together we learned more about how to function as a group and how religion played a large role in the novel Cellophane. While we did face some difficulties as a group, we worked together toward a common goal to develop a well-rounded project and presentation on the interfusion of Catholicism and Native Indian rituals in the novel of Cellophane by Marie Arana. I learned a great deal through this project. It was able to analyze the story more thoroughly and see how religion was a significant theme throughout the book. Everyone is a spiritual being that desires to have some supernatural connection and this fact was made even more clear to me through the novel. The colonizers had Catholicism which became interfused with the Peruvian culture, while the Native Indians has their own rituals and traditions. For this project, I was primarily in charge of the research behind Catholicism and how it played a significant role in the novel and the country. I researched the history of Catholicism in Peru and some of the saints they celebrated and the traditions they had. With the help of Sydney, I put all that information on the PowerPoint and presented it to the class. I also presented the research
For a good while we had difficulty determine what our goal and vision for the presentation was. We had a plethora of research but we failed to clearly outline a vision. Due to this weakness, toes got stepped on and conflict arose, but by the end we were able to resolve it and develop a well-crafted presentation. Another weakness in our group was the fact that Sydney wasn’t able to be there for the conference to present with us. Her father was battling cancer and it was a rather stressful time for her. Despite all the weaknesses and conflict, we were able to develop relationship and create an effective