For some reason, I can't seem to find the assigned blog topic in my notes, and I can't seem to find it in this blog either. So I'm just going to say some random stuff about this weekend's passage.
First off, the passage with Tayo confronting the mountain lion was interesting. The way that Tayo reaches out and talks to the lion without any fear shows that he has finally abandoned the white influences on him, as the whites would probably have just cowered in fear or shot the lion, as they attempt to do later. While earlier, science teachers and Christian priests told him how things were, this time, he follows his Native American traditions and communicates with nature. Later on, when the mountain lion saves him from being taken captive by the Texan mercenaries, I think it shows that nature has accepted Tayo.
However, I do not think Tayo hates the whites. Rather, I believe that he simply realizes their folly and sees that while some Indians fear and want to be like the whites, the whites are just deceived by those witches into following their destructive ways, just like the Indians were. Although I can't really explain why Tayo wants to kick the whites into the Atlantic Ocean without hating them :/
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