One's identity is the makeup of their culture, by transforming them into the person that he or she will be. Culture goes far back in time, since the beginning of mankind. Which is what separates us from animals. Since culture is the shared beliefs that a community has. The customs, values and morals that are implemented through generations. Without even thinking it, one tends to place their culture on their offspring or whoever will listen. In Leslie Silko's article Language and Literature from a Pueblo Indian Perspective, she starts off by saying that a story is never ending. Every word within the story has its own story, as to why it came to have that connotation. Then there is Sandra Ciseneros's article Only Daughter, about a woman raised in a house with six of her brothers. Whom her father saw her as just a daughter and not someone that would achieve greatness. Lastly Mark Behrs article Boy discusses the generalization of being a man in a mans' world. The culture in Silko's, Cisneros's and Behr's article is unraveled through the setting, plot, and theme. …show more content…
In her article the culture is seen through the setting, taking place in Laguna Pueblo where she grew up hearing the stories which she explains that "storytelling lies at the heart of the Pueblo culture" (Silko 470). One can remove themselves from the place that they were born and raised in, but the stories will always stay with them; wherever they may go. Since in Silko's articles she discuss how the stories build one's identity thus building their culture. In Silko's culture storytelling is everything, coming from the heart and not rehearsed where the story is true and the feelings are not hidden. Within the stories every word that is said has its own meaning. Making one story never ending and never beginning at the