So we've finished Ceremony and I really found it interesting. There was a LOT of symbolism, etc, and I think I need to read it again to totally get it. Comparing it to other books we've read this year, this is from a totally different, non-Western, perspective, and that does a lot with the gender roles, expectations of characters, and mythology used. For one, in most of the other books we've read, there's definitely far more of a patriarchal structure and dynamic, while in Ceremony, things are matriarchal, even though the slowly invading American society is trying to change views.
Now we're reading Fifth Business, and I quite like it so far, even though I'm just at the beginning.
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