Tonto

Two of them were “The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven” (1993) and “The Absolute True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” (2007) due to their crude language, sexism, violence, and much more. Alexie responded to the book ban by saying it “made the books more sacred”. A few of his other famous…

Arnold and his family genuinely believe that everything is easier for white people. When Arnold first starts school, he is called names because he is Indian. “ But I knew I’d have to put a stop to it eventually or I’d always be known as ‘Chief’ or ‘Tonto’ or ‘Squaw boy’” says Arnold as he tells the reader about how the white people at Reardan bully him (Alexie 64). This quote shows how Arnold faces racism all the time, but he is resilient and continues on with his life. When Arnold and Penelope…

struggles to overcome the challenges that constantly faced Native Americans. It is not the obvious obstacles such as “Mass murder, loss of language and land rights. It’s the small things that hurt the most. The white waitress who wouldn’t take an order, Tonto, the Washington Redskins” (Alexie 49). The issues caused by the ignorance and bigotry of the society causes Native Americans to have a lack of…

was both the narrator and Alexie both came basketball stars at their schools. As mentioned, there are some parallels between Alexie’s life and the narrator in the story. “Indian Education” was a one of the many short stories from The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven, released in 1993. Alexie, with having published over two hundred poems, short stories, books, and translations, has given Native Americans someone to look up to. He tells his stories that help see into the life and…

2. Vroon, D. (2009, May/June). The distracted generation victims of technology. American Record Guide, 72(3). Vroon (2009), the co-owner of ARG voiced his opinion on the topic of technology, such as, TV, cell phones and computers causing social isolation, laziness and mind-numbness in today’s generation. Many will argue with Vroon about his perspective on technology and its effects on our lives, many individuals in our generation love technology; it is their life. Vroon makes many solid points…

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…

Native Americans have been viewed in a negative light ever since 1492. With Columbus’ first voyage to what he believed was the East Indies people have viewed Native Americans as bloodthirsty savages of an inferior race. These stereotypes have been passed on ever since through mediums such as the still image, novels, films, mascots, and cartoons; I believe that they have been perpetuated by a culture of ignorance in which no one cares to learn the truth. The modern world has made next to no…

American Equality American equality isn’t quite completely equal. According to most people, equality makes everything and everyone equal. When you’re talking about American equality you take out the equal part because America isn’t always equal. Especially in literature, America has always taken the equal rights away from certain groups of people. U.S. Americans has always had strange ways of going about certain things. In America, we are supposed to be “free” and “equal”. How are we…

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…

Similarly, in the novel Medicine Walk, Frank’s dilemmna in determining who he truly was barred him from contributing to the society. Apart from being unable to defend his Indigenous heritage against those who called him “Injun, wagon-burner, squaw-hopper, Tonto” (Wagamese 101) since he was perplexed as to whether he should allow his Indigenous background to be a part of his identity. His confusion in determining if he should accept the teachings of anyone other than the old man caused him to…