Masculinity In War Dances

In War Dances, there are many interpretations of the world. Alexie ultimately seeks to ask how we as humans attempt to get familiar with one another and experience things amongst each other. Themes such as identity, change, loss and the past’s reach into the present connect the texts of War Dances together. In several parts of War Dances, there is a strong rejection to people being defined or judged. Alexie realizes the power of language and how it also fails to completely capture the human experience at the same time. Masculinity is one of the themes shown in War Dances. Another important theme that I noticed in the book is fatherhood. The narrator is forced to deal with the death of an alcoholic father and his emotions about there frustrating relationship. As children everyone looks up to their parents and as we get older, we acknowledge that they make mistakes like everybody else. Alexie’s characters have to find a way to …show more content…
Both characters symbolize the stereotype of their certain race: Jackie Chan is very good at karate and is also serious in behavior, while Tucker is tall black man who acts like the typical black comedian. For many, this film is a hilarious comedy, but in order for depictions of race to be funny, the audience must unconsciously believe the stereotypes to be partially true. Rush Hour is a comedy but at the same time it helps the viewer to see the idea of racial power. In the majority of freind-cop movies, there is most commonly someone who is in control and another who is the follower. The white man never takes the role of "buddy" but with Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker, they are almost equals. In addition to a tolerance of racial difference, race-related comedy can provide a possible changing of racial hierarchy and the questioning of racial