Alcoholism In Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony

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Alcoholism “Liquor was the medicine for the anger that made them hurt, for the pain of the loss, medicine for the tight bellies and choked up throats.” Leslie Marmon Silko, author of Ceremony, uses the repetition of alcoholism to show the struggles in Tayo. Tayo goes through various situations where alcohol does not solve his problems but only deepens them, and he needs to figure out what really controls him. When Tayo arrives back from the war he does not appear himself and he, like the rest of his friends, turn to drinking consistently for their amusement. Tayo and his friends go drinking, spending all their checks, to try and revive that feeling of them having fun and being in the war. Tayo’s worst actions and personality come out when
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