The Pursuit for Identity In his short story “What You Pawn I Will Redeem,” Sherman Alexie seeks for his uniqueness as being a homeless, alcoholic Indian man. The author is a Spokane Indian conceived in 1966 on the Spokane Reservation in WellPoint, Washington. He is an artist, author, and movie producer. A great deal of his written work draws on his encounters as a Native American experiencing childhood with the Spokane Reservation. As a Native American, Alexie’s fundamental concern is introducing his way of life and customs to the American culture as well as to the entire world. In this matter, a large portion of his works concentrate on the life of Native Americans in the Indian Reservations where those individuals experience the ill effects of disavowal and
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He consequently feels that it is his grandmother’s regalia and it is his obligation to recover it. The regalia symbolizes Native Americans lost legacy and character. Jackson feels instantly that he must get it back in spite of the fact that he is not so much beyond any doubt that it has a place with his grandma, however, his instinct consoles him that it is his grandmother’s. At the point when Junior inquires as to whether he is certain that it is his grandmother’s regalia: I didn’t know for sure, because I hadn’t seen that regalia in person ever. I’d only seen photographs of my grandmother dancing in it. As those were taken before somebody stole it from her, fifty years ago. But it sure looked like my memory of it and it had all the same color features and beads that my family sewed into powwow regalia (709). This citation infers, as the regalia symbolize the lost Indian personality, the colonizer stole the Native Americans character. As Jackson is not by any means beyond any doubt that the regalia fits in with his grandma, Native Americans likewise experience the ill effects of the obscure picture of their actual society and
He consequently feels that it is his grandmother’s regalia and it is his obligation to recover it. The regalia symbolizes Native Americans lost legacy and character. Jackson feels instantly that he must get it back in spite of the fact that he is not so much beyond any doubt that it has a place with his grandma, however, his instinct consoles him that it is his grandmother’s. At the point when Junior inquires as to whether he is certain that it is his grandmother’s regalia: I didn’t know for sure, because I hadn’t seen that regalia in person ever. I’d only seen photographs of my grandmother dancing in it. As those were taken before somebody stole it from her, fifty years ago. But it sure looked like my memory of it and it had all the same color features and beads that my family sewed into powwow regalia (709). This citation infers, as the regalia symbolize the lost Indian personality, the colonizer stole the Native Americans character. As Jackson is not by any means beyond any doubt that the regalia fits in with his grandma, Native Americans likewise experience the ill effects of the obscure picture of their actual society and