One day, being in Mourning Tree Bolin’s house, Lena stumbles upon Ezol’s journal. Outwardly the journal features the history of Ezol’s life, Ada’s citizens, and the Twin Territories; however, in truth, it goes beyond that and has a much deeper symbolic meaning. Ezol’s journal not only allows the readers to get a deeper understanding of Ezol’s beliefs and character but serves as a connection between different time planes.
Ezol’s journal represents a collection of different materials: letters, news items, drawings, and diary notes, all of which belong to different genres and come from various sources. However, all these materials serve one purpose: to recreate Ezol’s life and the lives of Ada’s citizens. Thus, the author portrays the interconnectedness of the land and the people, of different personalities and fates. This metaphor can be extended further to connect all existing things.
Not only different souses of information are used in the journal, but this information dates back to seemingly different periods. On closer examination, these periods portray Ezol’s perception of the time continuum as an absolute with no past, present, or future. Ezol says: “[] everything, even the farthest universe, has already happened. They’re stories that travel now as captured light in someone else’s telescope” (Howe, 2007, p. 35). Thus, Howe () portrays interrelations of all things and wants to say that nothing in this world is truly isolated. Ezol’s journal serves as a portrayal of the universal continuum and an example of tribalography. It highlights the central theme raised in the novel: the universal character of all things and their interdependence and the tendency to view the past as ever alive in the present and future.
Work Cited
Howe, LeAnne. Miko Kings: An Indian Baseball Story. Aunt Lute Books, 2007.