Ten Little Indians Sparknotes
The first chapter of “ Ten Little Indians” was about a girl named Corliss. Corliss is a Spokane Indian and attends Washington University. Corliss has a strong interest in poetry but her family does not share the same interest; in fact her family constantly wonder why Corliss choses to continue to read these poems, and constantly tell her that she is wasting her time. We can see an example of this in page 13; here we have a conversation between Corliss and her uncle. Corliss’ uncle stats” I bet you’re reading one of those white books again” (13). The poems she reads are mostly the works of white man and given all that the “white man” have done to Indians it is easy to see why Corliss’ traditional family do not care for what a white person has
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For example Corliss states, “ it was easy to hate white vanity and white rage and white ignorance, but what about white compassion and white genius and white poetry”(14). Corliss differs from her family in that she feels for white genius and white poetry; she is willing to acknowledge that some white people are capable of creating something beautiful instead of always something destructive. While Corliss admits she did hate some white people” the arrogant white business man, the illiterate white cheerleader in their convertibles, and he white flannel shirted rednecks”, she still wants to believe in human goodness and mortal grace. Unlike her family, Corliss does not hate white people as much as her father or uncle. Corliss is also more opened minded, in that she is open to hearing what white people have to say unlike most of her family. Corliss explains why her family disliked poetry by stating, “ They did not fear poetry because they were Indian but instead feared it because it was multicultural and timeless”(13). As a result of what white people have done to Indian people; Indians have grown a distrust and hatred for most white people. They feel the need to hate white people that I can not blame; white people both killed and took the lands of basically all Indians living in the
For example Corliss states, “ it was easy to hate white vanity and white rage and white ignorance, but what about white compassion and white genius and white poetry”(14). Corliss differs from her family in that she feels for white genius and white poetry; she is willing to acknowledge that some white people are capable of creating something beautiful instead of always something destructive. While Corliss admits she did hate some white people” the arrogant white business man, the illiterate white cheerleader in their convertibles, and he white flannel shirted rednecks”, she still wants to believe in human goodness and mortal grace. Unlike her family, Corliss does not hate white people as much as her father or uncle. Corliss is also more opened minded, in that she is open to hearing what white people have to say unlike most of her family. Corliss explains why her family disliked poetry by stating, “ They did not fear poetry because they were Indian but instead feared it because it was multicultural and timeless”(13). As a result of what white people have done to Indian people; Indians have grown a distrust and hatred for most white people. They feel the need to hate white people that I can not blame; white people both killed and took the lands of basically all Indians living in the