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Leslie Silko la "Canción de cuna" es una conmovedora historia escrita en primera persona desde el punto de vista del personaje principal, Ayah. Ayah is a Navajo woman who lives with her husband, Chato. Ayah navajo es una mujer que vive con su esposo, el Chato. In the story, Ayah does not understand English, and fears the white men who yell and point at documents for her to sign. En la historia, Ayah no entiende Inglés, y los temores de los hombres blancos que gritar y el punto en sus documentos para firmar. When Chato teaches her to sign her name, Ayah is very proud, but immediately regrets ever learning how when she signs away her children. Cuando Chato enseña a firmar su nombre, Ayah está muy orgulloso, pero nunca inmediatamente lamenta aprender cuando las señales de distancia de sus hijos. Ayah is portrayed as a strong woman, and Chato a weak man in this narrative, and although Ayah hates her husband, she takes care of him until they die together, lying under a cold sky at peace. Ayah es retratado como una mujer fuerte, y Chato un hombre débil en esta narrativa, y aunque Ayah odia a su marido, ella cuida de él hasta que mueren juntos, situada bajo un cielo frío en paz. The central idea of the story is devotion; it is specifically, Ayah’s devotion to her children and to herself, and to Chato, whom she cares for despite her repulsion at her husband. La idea central de la historia es la devoción, sino que es concretamente, Ayah la devoción a sus hijos y para ella misma, y Chato, a quien cuida de ella a pesar de su rechazo a su marido.
Silko’s Lullaby is a story that builds gradually with emotion, leaving the reader with a saddened sense of satisfaction. Silko de la Canción de cuna es una historia que se construye poco a poco con la emoción, dejando al lector con una triste sensación de satisfacción. The plot is the sequence of events, which leads to the climax of the story, then brings the reader along the decrescendo following it. La trama es la secuencia de los

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