Tonto Fistfight In Heaven And Indian Killer Characters

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The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven and Indian Killer are centered on the lives of Native Americans. Whether on or off the reservation, these characters face many challenges. However, no challenge is as great as their struggle for an identity in modern America. This is made apparent in each character’s actions, the stereotypes that are forced upon them, and the author’s use of symbolism. First, each character in The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven and Indian Killer deal with their identity in similar ways. Both of the main characters in Indian Killer, Marie and John, attempt to “scrub away the offending brown pigment” of their skin as children (Nicholls). Another character, Reggie Polatkin, seeks to adopt the behaviors

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