Analyzing Sherman Alexie's Every Little Hurricane
Annotated Bibliography of Sherman Alexie’s “Every Little Hurricane”
Slethaug, Gordon E. "Hurricanes and Fires: Chaotics in Sherman Alexie 's Smoke Signals and The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven." Literature Film Quarterly 31.2 (2003): 130-141. Rpt. in Contemporary Literary Criticism. Vol. 260. Detroit: Gale, 2009. Literature Resource Center. Web. 9 Dec. 2014. Slethaug in this critical essay clears the confusion of hurricane being real or not. According to him the hurricane is real, but a different phenomenon itself. In addition, as the role of Victor is of an observer, hurricane is also used as a metaphor to illustrate his observations of all the chaos that are taking place at the party. If one was confused about the entire hurricane situation and whether it was real or not, this can turn out to be very helpful for them as it thoroughly explains the situation. However, it would not be very useful if one was writing about the themes or other aspects of the story.
Alexie, Sherman. Author Home Page. Fallsapart.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 April 2013. Sherman has created his own official website, which is very simple and easy to use. The website has very useful information, and even only focusing on …show more content…
"The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven." Masterplots, Fourth Edition. Ed. W. Mazzeno Laurence, 4th ed. Salem Press, 2010. Salem Literature Web. 09 Dec. 2014. Walsh first summarizes the short story and then writes his critical evaluation, which focuses on the lifestyle of the Native Americans. He examines the cultural bankruptcy and the stereotypes that Alexie shows in his text. In his long critical evaluation he explains in detail, the reservation life, their education, their life’s work and many more important aspects of the lives of the Native Americans. However, the way he summarizes the story in easy words, in the beginning, would be something to take advantage of as it refreshes the reader’s memory and is a nice way to
Slethaug, Gordon E. "Hurricanes and Fires: Chaotics in Sherman Alexie 's Smoke Signals and The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven." Literature Film Quarterly 31.2 (2003): 130-141. Rpt. in Contemporary Literary Criticism. Vol. 260. Detroit: Gale, 2009. Literature Resource Center. Web. 9 Dec. 2014. Slethaug in this critical essay clears the confusion of hurricane being real or not. According to him the hurricane is real, but a different phenomenon itself. In addition, as the role of Victor is of an observer, hurricane is also used as a metaphor to illustrate his observations of all the chaos that are taking place at the party. If one was confused about the entire hurricane situation and whether it was real or not, this can turn out to be very helpful for them as it thoroughly explains the situation. However, it would not be very useful if one was writing about the themes or other aspects of the story.
Alexie, Sherman. Author Home Page. Fallsapart.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 April 2013. Sherman has created his own official website, which is very simple and easy to use. The website has very useful information, and even only focusing on …show more content…
"The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven." Masterplots, Fourth Edition. Ed. W. Mazzeno Laurence, 4th ed. Salem Press, 2010. Salem Literature Web. 09 Dec. 2014. Walsh first summarizes the short story and then writes his critical evaluation, which focuses on the lifestyle of the Native Americans. He examines the cultural bankruptcy and the stereotypes that Alexie shows in his text. In his long critical evaluation he explains in detail, the reservation life, their education, their life’s work and many more important aspects of the lives of the Native Americans. However, the way he summarizes the story in easy words, in the beginning, would be something to take advantage of as it refreshes the reader’s memory and is a nice way to