Christina AllisonDr. WymerEnglish 3300Ceremony Final PaperLiterary deconstructivism (deconstruction theory) identifies "undecidability" in the meaning of a text (306). Jacques Derrida introduced this form of literary criticism to prove that the implicit meaning of a text cannot 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 full of multiple and often contradictory meanings” (1). Therefore, the recognition of interpretations of a text must be closely examined. In the context of Leslie Marmom Silko's Ceremony, most critics would say that the author's primary concern is to make readers aware of the inferiority of the Laguna Pueblo Indians compared to the white settlers. This conflict led the white settlers, the bourgeoisie, in reference to Marxism, to shape the social, economic and political constraints of their society because they are in power. After analyzing the context of the text more carefully, it is also evident that the Laguna Pueblo Indians isolate and shape the thought process, identity, and acceptance of those partially removed from their culture, particularly those of multiracial and other, as well as the people in relation to them. It shows that class separation is due to an unconscious cultural social order (cultural prejudice) and problems between upper and lower classes. It is mainly present in the superiority and interactions of the Laguna Pueblo Indians with Laura - the mother of Tayo, Tayo and Night Swan. To begin with, Laura's alcoholism and the irrepressible act, as seen in their society, of conceiving a child out of wedlock with a white man. The settler forced her to move away from her Native American culture, which cost her a bit of paper for the military or also being emotionally hurt if she was accepted by the people of that culture. However, Native Americans were so preoccupied with their superior role in this society that they led others astray, even those who simply wanted to coexist on their land. Another person excluded from Laguna Pueblo Indian society was Night Swan, a Hispanic. woman, who was dating Josiah. Tayo's Aunt In Literary Criticism: An Introduction to Theory and Practice, Bressler explained that "deconstructionists hope to pose a set 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 state that criticism of a text is just as valuable as the text read, thus inverting the text/criticism hierarchy.” (118).