LIBERATING THE SILENCE: EXPOSITION OF CRITICAL THINKING IN NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE

Abstract

Liberation of both mind and body has been a significant focus of literary studies throughout the centuries. Yet literary figures still yearn to make their readers understand the interpretation and power of silence and liberation. Coercions attempt to silence the thinking that escalates resistance and violence through words to express hatred and rejection towards the social and political system. Oppression is apocalyptic yet it instigates to think differently, and this establishes a relationship between the oppressor and the oppressed. Ironically, resistance residing within the silence liberates itself from the frigid conditions set by the persecutor to maneuver the society. Native American’s political theatre, poetry and fiction seem to be revolutionary as resistance is the outcome of consistent presence of oppression and this process invigorates the critical thinking skills. Oppression and atrocities endured by Native American People stimulate their thinking process and this process helps society to determine their stance towards oppression and their suppressed state. Indigenous Ideology of change is construed from critical thinking that bridges the gap between the individual and his urge to resist. The purpose of this research is to make the individual realize the creative process of critical thinking and how this process defines and determines an individual’s deconstructive expression towards oppression and tyrannical authority. Liberating silence through critical thinking promotes the urge to resist thus helping the individual to be vocal in terms of justice, ethics and morality.