Christina AllisonDr. WymerEnglish 3300Ceremony Final Paper Literary deconstructivism (deconstruction theory) identifies the “undecidability” of the meaning of a text (306). Jacques Derrida introduced this form of literary criticism to demonstrate that the implied meaning of a text may not be the only point of a text. While Balkin further explains that “deconstruction does not show that all texts are meaningless, but rather that they are overflowing with multiple and often conflicting meanings” (1). Therefore, the recognition of interpretations of a text should be carefully examined. In the context of Leslie Marmom Silko's Ceremony, most critics argue that the author's primary concern is to make readers aware of the inferiority of the Laguna Pueblo Indians to white settlers. This conflict has led the white settlers, the bourgeoisie, in reference to Marxism, to shape the social, economic and political constraints in their society because they are in power. After more carefully analyzing the context of the text, it is also evident that the Laguna Pueblo Indians isolate and shape the thought process, identity, and acceptance of those who are partially removed from their culture, especially those of multiracial origins and of another type, together with the people in relationship with them. It shows that class separation occurs due to an unconscious cultural social order (cultural prejudices) and higher class versus lower class issues. It is present mainly in the superiority of the Laguna Pueblo Indians and in the interactions with Laura, Tayo's mother, Tayo and Night Swan. For starters, Laura's alcoholism and the unstoppable act, as seen in their society, of conceiving a child out of wedlock with a white settler forced her away from her Native American culture, which… to halfway... to the army or she would be emotionally hurt if he was accepted by the people of this culture. However, Native Americans were so concerned with their superior role in this society that they led others astray, even those who simply wanted to coexist on their land. Another person who was excluded from the Laguna Pueblo Indian Society was Night Swan, a Hispanic woman, who was dating Josiah. Tayo's Aunt In Literary Critism: An Introduction of Theory and Practice, Bressler explained that “deconstructionists hope to ask a series of questions that will continually challenge the ideological positions of power and authority that dominate literary criticism. Furthermore, in the process of discovering the meaning of a text, deconstructionists declare that criticism of a text has the same value as the text read, thus inverting the text/criticism hierarchy.” (118).