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About the Author

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Leslie Marmon Silko was born on March 5, 1948, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Raised on the Laguna Pueblo Reservation in northern New Mexico, Silko’s cultural […]

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Overview

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“Lullaby” is one of the most noted pieces in Storyteller. It is told from the perspective of an old woman reminiscing about some of the […]

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Setting

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“Lullaby” first appeared in Storyteller (1981), a book in which Silko interweaves autobiographical reminiscences, short stories, poetry, photographs of her family (taken by her father) […]

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Themes and Characters

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The role of storytelling in Native American culture is a theme central to all of Silko’s work. “Lullaby” appears in a collection that is especially […]

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Literary Qualities

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“Lullaby” is told from the third-person-restricted point of view. That means that, although the narrator is not a character in the story, the perspective of […]

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Social Sensitivity

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Silko was part of a new generation of Native American writers who emerged in the 1970s in what has been termed the Native American Renaissance […]

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Ideas and Topics for Papers

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VII TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION 1. The 1970s, during which Silko’s short story “Lullaby” was first written, were a significant time in the history of Native […]