Lone Pine

What is my Cultural Identity? That’s a great question that I am not sure I even know the full answers to. I can say there are things that are currently changing in my life that affect it and there are things that have been a strong influence on what makes me the person I am today. To discover my cultural identity we need to take a look at my values and how they developed, Let 's start with the basics. I was raised in a middle class family with strong educational background. I use the term…

“The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven” by Sherman Alexie “The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fisfight in Heaven” is a short story out of a book that is also titled “The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven” by Sherman Alexie. This series of short stories was released in 1993 and is still known today as one of his best pieces of work. Alexie is a Native American writer, poet, and filmmaker who generally targets his work toward young adults. Alexie has faced many issues in his life including…

struggles. Alexie focuses on a few of the identity struggles he faced growing up and throughout his life in his texts, “Superman and Me”, “This is what it Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona’, “The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven” and “Cowboys Have Never Been My Heros”. He has overcome his struggles…

All of these borders separate people in one way or another and this separation can often result in conflict between the opposing parties. Director John Sayles demonstrated this idea of borders and what happens when they are crossed in his 1996 film, Lone Star. Sayles tried to erase the expected borders with seamless transitions between the past and present instead of using a typical cut or dissolve. In an interview,…

The currents bullied him from side to side, he slowed down and closed his eyes, smiling, his sharp teeth bared. The lone wolf soon found himself near the black rocks of the first mountain top, Maria. He dug the stinging snow farther in and fell in a small cave, enough for him to stretch out his limbs in comfort. The brown wolf lay his head in between his paws, beginning…

The identity issues that so many Native Americans face are often addressed and investigated by scholars, but rarely does the average person get an insight on this matter with the quality found in Sherman Alexie’s 1991 The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven. Alexie’s life experiences as a Native American allow for a very authentic retelling that makes academic studies seem sterile in comparison. Through this story, the main character recounts many experiences he’s had relevant to his…

There are many similarities and differences between Krebs in Soldiers Home and Sammy in A&P. Both characters are dealing with conformist societies centered on major military conflicts. Both characters are young men but Krebs unlike Sammy has experienced the world which has caused him to become isolated. They both take notice of girls but Sammy unlike Krebs begins to analyze the differences between Queenie’s life and his own life. I would argue that Sammy and Krebs have more similarities than…

Well what I think it is real this is a story of this creature or you could called it a monster tale, monster tale is something to scare the kids away from going to the woods. The Jersey Devil is a legendary creature or a cryptid said to inhabit the Pine Barrens of the Southern New Jersey, In United States. The creature is often described as a flying biped with hooves, but there are many different variations. The story says that the mother Leeds had 12 children and after finding out that she was…

The effects of white pine blister rust on biodiversity in whitebark pine stands Today we are living in a world of unprecedented and often very rapid change to the environment (Ellison et al. 2005). With the accidental introduction of exotic pathogens into areas they previously did not exist, the forest ecosystems of the world are being profoundly impacted and altered (Tomback and Resler 2007). The introduction of diseases, especially fungal diseases, have in some cases, either entirely…

he could fly because he was thrown out the window. Victor’s dad was to drunk and set Thomas’ house on fire by a firecracker, this incident causes Thomas to live his grandmother and allows Victor’s dad to care for Thomas as well. In the story The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven the idea of society comes into play when the reader sees the cashier of 7-11 look at the narrator suspiciously. The narrator feels out of place when the cashier constantly tries to make conversation with him,…