"Yellow Women"

Silko changes the life of a married women just in one journey. The women in this sample reading finally got a chance to act out her childhood fantasy and dream. She had heard her grandfather tell the story of the "Yellow women being taken by the Indian spirit so many times that it was real to her, and bound to happen. It is safe to assume from the text, that this journey meant so much to her, she was not willing to go back to her past, dull life, and it was evident she didn't mind leaving her husband. Silko quotes her as saying, " Al will find someone else, and they will go on like before, except that there will be a story about the day I disappeared while walking along the river." I have to ask myself why she was so determined to take on the role of the "Yellow Women? What made her leave her home and wonder off with a total stranger, and be confident she would return? Could it be because she believed in the Ka'tsina, the spirit that would protect her? She trusted that the spirit brought her to Silva and that he would not harm her. Each time he beckoned for her, she would act as though she wanted to resist, but always ending up following his lead. I do feel as though the tone changed in the story when they were approached by the rancher,who Silva shot. This was the turning point in the story because, had this not happened, the women may have stayed later. She knew her grandmother would help take care of child, so maybe she really did feel as though she had nothing to loose.