How we cite our quotes: (Poem.Paragraph)
Quote #4
But he had known the answer all along, even while the white doctors were telling him he could get well and he was trying to believe them: medicine didn't work that way, because the world didn't work that way. His sickness was only part of something larger, and his cure would be found only in something great and inclusive of everything. (XIII.58)
Unlike the treatment the white doctors prescribed for Tayo, the Native American ceremony Betonie proposes is focused on the health of the entire community.
Quote #5
Emo liked to say, "Look what is here for us. Look. Here's the Indians' mother earth! Old dried-up thing!" (V.77)
When Emo insults "mother earth," one of the most revered symbols in Laguna tradition, it's as if he's rejecting Laguna culture. Maybe Emo's words make Tayo so angry because he sees Emo as a traitor to the Laguna community.
Quote #6
"I'm afraid of what will happen to all of us if you and the others don't get well," he said. (VI.3)
Old Ku'oosh is concerned about Tayo's welfare not only for his sake, but because Tayo and the rest of the sick veterans are part of the community. When one person is sick, the whole community is sick.