The Business of Fancydancing

The Business of Fancydancing refers to Alexie’s first collection, a collection of five short stories and forty poems. His writings portray the balance Native Americans must find between their tribal traditions on their reservation and the Western environment found outside their reservation lands. Alexie uses the Spokane/Coeur D’Alene Indian Reservation at Wellpinit in eastern Washington to describe this conflict. Alexi writes in a way that resonates with all minorities in the United States. His writing articulately details the tremendous struggles that many minorities face in our modern world. The book is structured with three specific sections titled: “Distances,” “Evolution,” and “Crazy Horse Dreams.” “Fancydancing”, from which Alexie derives his title, refers to the ritualistic tribal dances through which major elements of the history and tradition of Native Americans are communicated. These traditional dances are performed in elaborate costumes decorated with the feathers of rare birds and with ornaments…

The harsh realities of reservation life leads many to turn to anything that will allow them to temporarily escape such as alcohol, gasoline, narcotics, even inhaling kitchen cleaner. The characters Aristotle and Mouse in The Business of Fancydancing exemplify the desperate reality of those Native Americans. This paper is about alcoholism among modern Native Americans. Specifically it is about how the characters in the film utilize alcohol as a self-medicated defense against the outer world and…

Washington University, he met a professor name Alex Kuo who mentored him and taught him to connect to on-native literature that also inspired him to be a writer. After meeting Kou he went on to create his own native literature first starting with poems, then novels and later on creating books. In this paper, I am going to explain Sherman Alexie’s work and accomplishment’s that help make him the man that he is today. Alexie’s writing usually explores themes of hopelessness, poverty,…

Some times to forgive people need a break. People may not understand what friendship really is till it is to late. After that the friendship could be over. In the book The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is about how this boy moves to a different school and everything starts to go down hill. This guys name is Junior. Education can start new friendships and start new hopes and dreams. Many people can make new starts.…

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian written by Sherman Alexie is a story about a teenage boy named Junior who is on a journey to figure out his true identity. The events that occur throughout the story describes the difficult experiences that junior faces in order to figure out where he fits in. As a teenager growing up Indian on the rez,Junior is constantly reminded of his misfortunes. He is desperate to make something of…

This book, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, is about a boy name Junior also known as Arnold Spirit. He is a Native American that lives on an Indian reservation known as the Rez. Junior is a special person. People have impacted his life as well as he has impacted theirs. Relationships between people are an important part of life. The three people that have impacted junior’s life the most are Rowdy, Roger, and Gordy. Through most of Junior’s life Rowdy was his…

Often at times, movies intend to mirror themes presented in a novel of similar context. Sherman Alexie, award-winning author and filmmaker, implements this technique and displays commonalities between his auto-fictional novel, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian and his co-production of Smoke Signals. Both selections incorporate the stereotypical Indian lifestyle and culture such as chronic alcoholism and devastating poverty. However, there are also slight differences between the…

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie is about an Indian, Junior, who lives on the reservation and eventually decides he wants to go to an all-white school. Not only is this already exemplifying diversity, but he also has medical problems and is very poor, unlike the other kids. Throughout this book diversity is show in many ways: the difference in the white school verses the school on the reservation, how the parents raise their kids, and interactions in the…

In the novel, Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Arnold by Sherman Alexie, Arnold “Junior” Spirit, the protagonist, is a smart indian boy who hopes for a better life. He's a broke indian who lives on a reservation where everyone drinks. Junior goal to get off the reservation started by him moving to a school off the reservation. Some people didn't support his decisions but he does it anyway. Junior is a smart indian who loves books. He also loves to draw, he plays basketball. He is…

Have you ever had a hard time switching from a totally different environment? The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, demonstrates many things. Most importantly it demonstrates how a new environment can give you a different perspective. Junior changed many times throughout the novel. Especially, Penelope gave him a different view of himself. Gordy displayed him a way that being smart is a good thing. Junior's sister Mary gave him confidence to do what his heart…