Ten Little Indians

At the beginning 8 wrongdoers were each given letters from supposedly different people, when in a twist of dramatic irony, it is known that all of these letters came from the same person; the “Unknown” person who creates the entire mystery to this story. In reality, there were 10 people condemned to their fate, because a couple had served as attendants to the 8 guests given the letters to arrive on Indian Island. The couple along with the other 8 guests had directly or inadvertently led to the murders and deaths of other people, but by law could not be charged for their crimes. Each letter stated its own reason for the guests to arrive on Indian Island, an island already surrounded in mystery as to who owns it. The guests arrived…

“And Then There Were None” Vs. “Ten Little Indians” The movie Ten Little Indians is based on the novel And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie. However, there is a great range of differences between the two. In fact, very few things from the book were kept in the movie. From the names of characters to the end of the murder mystery story, many things were changed. In both the novel and the movie, ten guests are invited to a secluded house by a mysterious Mr. U. N. Owen. Between the book and…

Race is usually something difficult to talk about because it affects everyone. Some follow and listen to strict stereotypes; never going too far outside their comfort zones while others feel uncomfortable in their everyday lives. The short-story novel, Ten Little Indians by Sherman Alexie, explores the lives of various Native American’s and their daily struggles and triumphs with race and assumptions based on stereotypes. Throughout the chapters in Ten Little Indians, each Native American is…

And Then There Were None v. Ten Little Indians Don’t you hate it when the movie is different than the book. Well, in my essay I am going to tell you the differences and similarities of the characters, setting, how they die, and the crimes they committed in And Then There Were None v. Ten Little Indians. The book and the movie had some differences in the names of the characters. In the book Anthony Marstons was the character's name, but in the movie his name was Michael Raven. Not everybody's…

In Alexie Sherman’s book “Ten Little Indians”, each short story was about multiple sides of living here in America through the eyes of Indian Americans. There were multiple characters within this book that had different lives and scenarios but they all had some correlation to the main point of this book which was to show the struggles, pain, and heartbreak that happens in each of their stories. Two characters that I was intrigued by were in the first two stories in the book. Corliss is a…

belong in the predetermined path that was set out for you? In the short story "Ten Little Indians" by Sherman Alexie, the main protagonist Corliss faces adversity in her academic identity. Corliss and I are similar in the fact that we strive to overcome these obstacles. Through finding different avenues to escape we ultimately find ourselves and our true identities. Corliss is a Spokane Indian who was stereotypically supposed to live a certain life. She refused to accept this life that others…

We went to the address that the man gave us and we go into the back yard. We can see a brown dog with a white spot on his chest but we couldn’t tell if it was red because it was already pretty dark outside. My brother calls him and the dog responds, this gives me butterflies because it was the closest thing we had to even finding red. He calls him again and the dogs breaks free of his fence prison and starts sprinting towards us at full speed. When the dog reaches my brother he jumps into his…

comes to an end with a picture of Columbus lying on his deathbed, sick, and surrounded by friends, family, and priests. This ending makes readers sympathize for Columbus. It is sad and emotional to see a man being depicted as a national hero to die. The way Zinn ends his first chapter is also in a benevolent way, but with a dark undertone. Zinn discusses how Indian society worked and interacted with each other before the introduction of Europeans. Zinn tells how the Indian people were peaceful…

European exploration began with the desire for trade and to spread religion. Finding the Indians offered them the chance to do both. These people had never seen anything like the Europeans and were mostly receptive to new goods to trade, and were willing to listen to new religious ideas. No one was prepared for the Old diseases that the Europeans brought with them. Disease swept across the continent in the years of European settlement, paving the way for the European dream of controlling the…

This picture of the Indians presents one aspect of their culture in which they might recognize themselves. This is a way of shaping identity or reputation, a good way but there is also a bad way. This happens when Indians confess that: “We didn’t begin that way. We haven’t always been entertainment” but due to the lies and deceit and their effects on the Indian people “we ceased being people and somehow became performers in an Aboriginal minstrel show for whites in North America” (King 68). In…