6/7/2023 0 Comments Code Talker by Ivon BlumThrough his morphine induced wanderings, Talking Boy recalls the sing-song words of the old stories of generations of his family who struggled against the U.S. In a letter in his mind, he asks his sweetheart, Penny Joe, "how come I change flags so easily." Their inspired correspondence as the story progresses grows them from friends into lovers. As a child in government schools, he and his Navajo friends were severely punished for speaking their native tongue now so desperately needed as an unbreakable code in the war against the Japanese. Pain drives his urgent need to discover why Vargas, his own bodyguard, wants to kill him amid the raging battle. Talking Boy lies wounded and alone as the marines fight to take Mt. His story is juxtaposed with the tragic struggle of the Navajo People and his own ancestors for survival at the hands of the U.S. marine and a Navajo Indian code talker-radioman at the battle of Iwo Jima during WWII. It is the story of Talking Boy Gorman, a U.S. Across between "The Sands of Iwo Jima" and "Cheyenne Autumn," Code Talker is a noble exploration into the human need to survive and belong.
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