The reason for the young men’s participation in the war is that all Americans take part in it this is why they must do it as well: “Everyone can fight for America … even you boys” (Silko 64).
The national tragedy is added to Tayo’s personal tragedy when he along with other young Indians appears on the battlefield of World War II. The beginning of his inner malady is in his unhappy childhood this explains his alienation from white men, who were using his mother indirectly to draw a picture of injustice and abuse of Indians. This is why the protagonist’s inner conflict starts with his conception, and continues further, becoming more and more involved. Tayo, the protagonist of the book, is the embodiment of the Pueblo people, but the situation is complicated by the fact that he has mixed descent, for his mother is a Pueblo woman, and his father is the “unknown white”.
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