The Signal-Man

The audiences in this article are the individual who wants to know about Indian reservation. The author’s purpose is to inform to the audience about how they are living on a combination of irregular paychecks, fear, and hope and government surplus food. The author explained his points well in the article and his tone was respectful because he tried not to offend the group of the people who are still living on the reservation. Sherman Alexie’s main idea in the article is how Alexie defies…

The Resilient Thrive of a Native In all three compositions: the short story Superman and Me by Sherman Alexie, the painting Contemporary Sioux Indian by James Bama, and the poem Without Title by Diane Glancy all exemplify the resiliency in modern Native American culture. Ever since the British came to America the Native American culture has been distorted. Without obtaining resiliency as a Native…

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Sherman Alexie grew up on an reservation in Spokane, Washington, where illiteracy was the norm. However, Alexie was not normal compared to most peers, growing up to be an author of 18 different novels and the essay "Superman and me" published in Los Angeles Times. Sherman Alexie writes about reading in "Superman and Me" to explain its impact on his life and encourage Native Americans to break the illiteracy stereotype. Alexie employs a combination of analogy, anaphora, and contrasts which allows…

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…

Sherman Alexie’s novel “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” provides a humorous view of the difficult life conditions of Native Americans. This novel is the story of a young Spokane Indian named Junior and his difficult transition of leaving the reservation to attend an all-white school. Junior experiences many unfortunate situations: he is condemned as a traitor by his people on the reservation, his best friend hates him for leaving, and his grandmother, sister, and his father’s…

Indian by Sherman Alexie, Junior discovers his identity by pushing through hard times. While finding his identity Junior has to learn to deal with addiction, poverty, and overcoming stereotypes. However, after his battle in high school he becomes the man he wants to be. Being an addicted can cause many problems to oneself and the surrounding people. One difficulty Junior faces throughout the novel is handling addiction. Juniors dad has a drinking problem and says, “I’m only an alcoholic when…

friends. All Jackson wanted for himself were companions, he roamed the streets of his town and kept on moving without someone by his side the entire way there. As the story progresses I start to see that Jackson Jackson is quite lonely, he is a homeless man without any family and most of his friends left or died. Whenever he gets close to being a part of something, that something disappears. Through this loneliness, depression is created and through that he most likely started bad habits, such…

Sherman Alexie outlines the struggles of several characters in his novel The Toughest Indian in the World. Many of his protagonists suffer from the same quandary related to their Indian heritage, and all of them go to great and unexpected lengths to cure the dissatisfaction they feel with certain aspects of their lives. The narrator Alexie writes about in his short story by the same name, “The Toughest Indian in the World,” encounters an Indian hitchhiker with whom he attempts to combat the…

others including the clerk and other homeless men. Jackson tells of how he feed three men, “The Aleuts and I walked over to the Big Kitchen. . . I knew they served homeless Indians. . .” (26). Throughout this story you can infer how Jackson is a kind man: sharing and caring for other with his earnings instead of being stingy and self- centered. His main weakness is not being able to withdrawal from alcohol. Alexie tells of several times when Jackson would use his winnings to drink rather than…