William Tecumseh Sherman

and fiction. Cindy Sherman is one of the photographers who create images that ignite the speculative relationship between reality and fiction. Through her photography, Cindy Sherman develops a new path where she fosters a visual discourse and opens up a discussion on the power of images and the message that the image communicates to the viewer. In many of her images, Sherman serves as her own model breeding documentary and fiction to create a new genre. To achieve this, Sherman takes up numerous…

their capability to express themselves, and give them inspiration in a way that other means cannot. In stories, such as Jeanne-Marie Leprice de Beaumont’s version of “Beauty and the Beast” and “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian” by Sherman Alexie, inspire a main theme about finding one’s own fate and identity that is shaped by their poverty, family, and departure that is certain to give inspiration to children to learn and find their own purpose…

being apart of two different cultures. This affects their lives in several aspects. Ultimately leads to major changes in their relationships throughout the course of the novels. Junior from The Absolutely True Diary of A American Born Indian by Sherman Alexie (ATD) and Jin from…

“From a child I was found of reading, and all the little money that came into my hands was ever laid out in books” (Franklin, Pg.9). Words coming from a man who made an impact in the history of the United States. He was a political scientist, scholar as electricity and attracted interest, inventor of the lightning rod and other useful artifacts. An honest man who was also efficient in public and the leading architect of the independence of the Unites States. Benjamin Franklin was perhaps the…

The Absolutely True Diary of A Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie, focuses on the effects of colonialism on Native Americans, the pressures of assimilation historically and contemporarily, and cultural appropriation. Junior, a Spokane Indian teen who chooses to leave his reservation school, Wellpinit, attends a predominantly white school off-reservation called Reardan. While there, many of Junior’s friends and family die from alcohol related incidents. It is interesting that this occurs because…

The book, “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind”, is the true story of a teenaged African boy whose whole village is struggling with starvation and poverty. Will, the main character, is forced to drop out of school because his family couldn't pay the admissions fee. Will’s passion for learning was never wavered, for he became very intrigued by a book about creating currents of electricity. After multiple trips to the library he decided to build a windmill to make electricity for his home. Many of the…

Frederick Douglass: Learning to Read and Write Learning to Read and Write by Frederick Douglass is an account of what it was like to gain knowledge after being a slave in 19th century America. He speaks of his life as a young slave trying to learn how to read and write without a teacher. He touches on how learning the power of knowledge would at times feel like it “had been a curse rather than a blessing. It had given [him] a view of his wretched condition, without the remedy” (Douglass). This…

Everyone in the world has problems. Arnold Spirit (also known as Junior) is one of the many people in the world who has problems during school. Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is a quirky young adult novel about his struggle with identity. Arnold/Junior’s identity problem affects and changes him. Throughout the book, Junior changes and seems to almost have two separate personas. At the Native American Reservation, Arnold, known as Junior, was always seen as a…

does makes them believe they’re doing the right thing. Those feelings make one believe that vengeance is good and fair. Hate can hurt families, friends, people one knows and even innocent people. The consequence of hatred is an important concept in sherman alexie’s work because throughout his novels he shows how hatred can lead to violence, isolation, and self-confidence. In Flight,…

Alexie explained in this essay on how he learned to read and how his passion for books began to grow. He was only three years old when he began to read; he would read anything and everything. I believe he wanted to share the ideas of what books did for him. He was tremendously bright and did not care what the other kids in school thought about him when he would answer questions. He grew up where books were all he had because to the rest of the world, his family was considered poor. He believed…