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The story I picked is “what you pawn, I will redeem” by Sherman Alexie. I feel like this story related to me and past circumstances that have happened in my life. The story helps me to remember the general choices that I had to make in life. The hard choices that confronted me when growing up. The story brings two distinct ways, the adult way that surfaces with obligation and development and the youthful side that showcases the different adventures the main character has. One would consider…

The American Dream is “The ideal that every US citizen should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work, determination, and initiative” (Oxford). However, this opportunity was limited to the whites when the Dream was introduced. A major necessity for achieving the American Dream is the having a proper education. However, at the time before the Civil Rights Movement, schools were segregated based on race and African Americans had a disadvantage in achieving the…

“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…

The world is full of groups and communities. Because of this, we often have to manage collective identity with individuality. In the novel, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie the main character, Junior, has to balance being loyal to his community and embracing his individual dreams. When Junior is on the reservation he describes himself as being half-white, and at his majority white high school, he feels half-Indian. Despite the conflict between these two groups…

Sherman Alexie’s, “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian” is the account of Arnold Spirit, also known as Junior. Junior is the novel’s narrator and while he is witty and seemingly proud of his heritage in the beginning of the story, it appears the point of the novel is to show us Junior’s transformation. He begins life on the reservation, attending school in Wellpinit, Washington. Eventually, he transfers to an all-white high school twenty-two miles from the reservation in Reardan,…

In the book, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Native American author Sherman Alexie writes about his life on the Spokane Washington Indian Reservation. The main character Arnold Spirit who liked to be called Junior portrays Alexie who grew up on an Indian Reservation. Junior struggled with his identity on a personal level, along with how others view him, and how all non-Indians picture Native Americans. Throughout Junior has added difficulty because Indians are surrounded by…

All around the world, children are treated differently, in schools and educational settings, because of their culture. In many societies, there is one “main” or “popular” culture, and many “sub” cultures; many authors have written about their accounts of the discrimination, and how they would see it dealt with. In An Indian Father’s Plea by Robert Lake (Medicine Grizzlybear), a concerned father addresses the labeling of his son as a “Slow Learner”, and is treated differently based on the culture…

When people think of their childhood, there is often a sense of nostalgia that comes with the memories. There is a bittersweet belief that times then were simpler and the place one looks back to was better. Sherman Alexie avoids this entirely in his works. Having grown up on the Spokane Indian Reservation in the town of Wellpinit, Washington, Alexie seems to have a lot to say about his home. Early in the short story “This Is What It Means To Say Phoneix, Arizona,” Alexie establishes his…

El Día de los Muertos, or the Day of the Dead, is a Mexican celebration where Mexicans celebrate, remember, and prepare special foods in honor of those who have departed into the afterlife. This is not a time for suffering, but a time to honor and remember those who have passed. This holiday is celebrated on November 1, and even though it can be celebrated in many places, it is usually celebrated where it originated from, which is Mexico. Those who celebrate the Day of the Dead were positive…

The story is basically about two long lost friends who decided to go on a trip to Phoenix, Arizona. The story starts off just after Victor lost his job at the BIA ( Bureau of Indian Affairs), he later finds out that his father had died of a heart attack in Phoenix, Arizona. Even though Victor hadn't seen his father for about two years, Victor still felt " genetic pain, which was real and intimidate as a broken bone" (803). Victor then takes this journey to claim his father's saving account and…