The Lone Ranger

Sherman Alexie achieved many things and received many award such as the Pen/Hemingway Award for Best first book of fiction for his story collection “The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven “ in 1993 (The Famous People). Alexie also won the Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Writers’ Award. Alexie was also interviewed by Oprah herself on the Oprah Winfrey Show, Sherman Alexie has won the World Heavyweight…

Conflict in Frank Sinatra's Gum In the story Frank Sinatra's Gum written by Kelly Simon, the motif of conformity is apparent. The author tells a story about herself pretending to be a reporter for the Weequahic High News in New Jersey. Using this false identity, she goes on to interview Mr. Sinatra and ask him some pretty interesting questions. All the while trying to fulfill her own desire of attempting to fit in with the other girls in her school. After interviewing him she realizes that he…

In Frankenstein, written by Mary Shelley, the creature ventures out to become a member of society, but he ultimstely is faced with conflict along the way. Through a series of interations with people throughout the novel is it evident for more than more reason why the creature does not belong in society. The monster does not belong to a group or race. He was pieced together by man, making it difficult for an average person to relate to the trials that he endures thorughout his life. In the…

Indians, and President Ronald Reagan portrayal of the deceased in the 1986 explosion of the space shuttle challenger as settlers in the old frontier, several ideas associated with Frontier myth lived on. For instance Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show, Lone Ranger, and Gun Smoke, the Frontier myth exerted its influence on America’s social…

African Americans have not always had access to a theological education. As a result, there is a scarcity in the number of theologically trained clergy. My vocational commitment has been, since God first called me to seminary, to finish my education with the goal of giving back to my theological and church community. I understand that the blessings of my education are because of the sacrifices of those who paved the way for me; therefore, it is necessary that I give back. As a theological…

art of storytelling. The novel perfectly captures the mystic essence of the creation stories of Coyote and the Elders through written language while alluding an aura of a spoken conversation. This is mostly demonstrated in chapters involving the Lone Ranger, Hawkeye, Ishmael and Robinson Crusoe and the four mythic women, Coyote and the narrator; it is at times unclear to the reader who is speaking as the dialogue impersonates real conversations and does not always include the name of the…

Sherman Alexie with fifty years of age continues to amuse people with his writing of personal reality. This author of short stories and with his poems gives us the sense that his autonomy all start in his most significant decision- leaving his reservation. His poverty, family, deaths, racial issues and issues with alcoholism are what has shaped his writing. Despite Alexie’s condition of hydrocephalic at a young age, and his chances of not living a very long life, he has achieved success and…

INDIAN EDUCATION & THE LESSON(ANALYSIS) 2 My Purpose Statement According to Yagelski (2015) ‘Comparative analysis is not just a manner of comparing two things’. The purpose of this paper is to compare, synthesize and rhetorically analyze the following two articles ‘Indian Education by Sherman Alexie and The Lesson by Toni Cade Bambara. We will look at the separate ideas, themes or elements into a coherent new idea while comparing…

hear one child’s voice as he yells at the top of his lungs, “Hi-Yo, Silver! Away! For a lot of parents, this is a typical afternoon play session for the neighborhood kids, as they’re acting out scenes from the famous western T.V. series, “The Lone Ranger”. But for other parents, allowing their children to participate in activities involving play guns, or other types of toy weapons, would be out of the question. There is a debate in America on banning the sale of toy guns, and other types of…

and working men were forced to move across the States looking for job opportunities. Many men were not in a place long enough to form a bond to the place or the residents and despite this being a regular occurrence some never got used to being a lone ranger, with women also suffering. It was common for ranch hands to be by themselves travelling from job to job, but Lennie and George broke this trend and demonstrated a unique relationship that many people at the ranch desired. Crooks,…