Reservation Cab Driver
Poetry Analysis Sherman Alexie is Spokane/Coeur d'Alene Indian. Alexie wrote a poem called “The Reservation Cab Driver”. The title contributes to understand the poem and understand who the cab driver was. In this poem, Alexie uses a symbolism he also uses some metaphor, irony and imagery. By examining the life portrayal in the reservation, the poem’s casual diction, the magic appearance of Crazy Horse, I will show how Alexie’s critique of the status of Indians on the reservation. The life in the reservation was hard. When anyone wanted to get out of the reservation the only choice the reservation had was hiring the cab driver who drives a ’65 Malibu with no windshield. The description of this cab driver car is an example of Imagery taking
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Mentioning Crazy Horse is an example of a symbolic meaning. Also having Crazy Horse around the reservation was the highlight after tragic things were happening in the reservation. Seeing Crazy Horse a symbolic figure also a glory to the Indians also stuck in the reservation shows how bad the government is. With the help of the government, the situation in the reservation worsened. When cab driver asked Crazy Horse where he is going he answered “somewhere up the goddamn road” and same place where he was going. This is another example of not being able to get out of the reservation. Even though Crazy Horse is, a historical figure in this section of the poem Alexie reduces Crazy Horse’s glory by adding that he is traveling. He is going “up the goddamn road” because there is nowhere else to …show more content…
The title to the poem introduces the poem itself it makes you understand what the poem it’s going to be about in this case it was about “The Reservation Cab Driver”. The irony Alexie uses makes you think if the cab driver understood what Seymour told him when he said “It’s a hell of a pony”. It is ironic because the car is junk it is also ironic what Seymour said because it is not a pony it is a car and again it is ironic because horses are sacred to the Indians. Alexie was able to get his message of how the reservation was different to the rest of America. He also showed us through this poem how life was in this particular
Mentioning Crazy Horse is an example of a symbolic meaning. Also having Crazy Horse around the reservation was the highlight after tragic things were happening in the reservation. Seeing Crazy Horse a symbolic figure also a glory to the Indians also stuck in the reservation shows how bad the government is. With the help of the government, the situation in the reservation worsened. When cab driver asked Crazy Horse where he is going he answered “somewhere up the goddamn road” and same place where he was going. This is another example of not being able to get out of the reservation. Even though Crazy Horse is, a historical figure in this section of the poem Alexie reduces Crazy Horse’s glory by adding that he is traveling. He is going “up the goddamn road” because there is nowhere else to …show more content…
The title to the poem introduces the poem itself it makes you understand what the poem it’s going to be about in this case it was about “The Reservation Cab Driver”. The irony Alexie uses makes you think if the cab driver understood what Seymour told him when he said “It’s a hell of a pony”. It is ironic because the car is junk it is also ironic what Seymour said because it is not a pony it is a car and again it is ironic because horses are sacred to the Indians. Alexie was able to get his message of how the reservation was different to the rest of America. He also showed us through this poem how life was in this particular