Culture is the most influential part of a human’s life and decisions. A Native American author that is greatly affected by his culture is Sherman Alexie. This is shown in his books The Absolute True Diary Of A Part Time Indian, The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven, and Indian Killer. ("Sherman Alexie." Authors)
Many of Sherman Alexie’s books are made from real life events that happened to him. Sherman Alexie was born Oct. 07, 1966 in Wellpinit, Washington, to the parents of Sherman Joseph and Lillian Agnes Alexie. Sherman Alexie was born with a condition called hydrocephalic, this lead him to receive brain surgery at six months of age. The doctors doubted that he would even survive the surgery, even if he did he would be impaired for the rest of his life. He survived the surgery and experienced seizures till he was seven were he outgrew it.("Sherman Alexie." Authors) As a child …show more content…
He has been praised for writings that evoke sadness and anger yet leave readers with a sense of respect and compassion for characters who are in seemingly hopeless situations. His protagonists were involved with crime, alcohol, or drugs, they struggled to survive with the constant battering of their minds, by their own self-hatred of being powerlessness of living in a Indian reservation. As Alexie wrote in The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven, “Native Americans have a way of surviving. But it's almost like Indians can easily survive the big stuff. Mass murder, loss of language and land rights. It's the small things that hurt the most. The white waitress who wouldn't take an order, Tonto, the Washington Redskins."("Sherman Alexie." Encyclopedia) This is true for Sherman Alexie because he had survived a lot through his childhood and when he was in college. In college Sherman Alexie started to abuse
Many of Sherman Alexie’s books are made from real life events that happened to him. Sherman Alexie was born Oct. 07, 1966 in Wellpinit, Washington, to the parents of Sherman Joseph and Lillian Agnes Alexie. Sherman Alexie was born with a condition called hydrocephalic, this lead him to receive brain surgery at six months of age. The doctors doubted that he would even survive the surgery, even if he did he would be impaired for the rest of his life. He survived the surgery and experienced seizures till he was seven were he outgrew it.("Sherman Alexie." Authors) As a child …show more content…
He has been praised for writings that evoke sadness and anger yet leave readers with a sense of respect and compassion for characters who are in seemingly hopeless situations. His protagonists were involved with crime, alcohol, or drugs, they struggled to survive with the constant battering of their minds, by their own self-hatred of being powerlessness of living in a Indian reservation. As Alexie wrote in The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven, “Native Americans have a way of surviving. But it's almost like Indians can easily survive the big stuff. Mass murder, loss of language and land rights. It's the small things that hurt the most. The white waitress who wouldn't take an order, Tonto, the Washington Redskins."("Sherman Alexie." Encyclopedia) This is true for Sherman Alexie because he had survived a lot through his childhood and when he was in college. In college Sherman Alexie started to abuse