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    What You PawnI Will Redeem” 1. How does the narrator know the regalia is his grandmother’s? 2. Why is the story divided by time? 3. Why does Alexie continually present the issue of alcoholism among American Indians regardless of tribe? Final Submitted answers What You PawnI Will Redeem -Full Answers 1. Jackson‚ the narrator‚ notices the regalia in the window of a pawnshop and recognizes some similarities between this regalia and the one he remembers of his grandmother’s

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    In Sherman Alexie’s‚ “What You Pawn I Will Redeem‚” an alcoholic‚ homeless Indian sets out on a quest to win back his grandmother’s stolen regalia. The main character and narrator‚ Jackson Jackson‚ stumbles upon his stolen family heirloom in a pawnshop window and proceeds to spend the next day trying to earn enough money to buy it back. The pawnshop owner tells him he will sell it back to him for $999 and that he has 24 hours to come up with the money. Jackson gains small amounts of money here and

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    In the short story “What You Pawn I Will Redeem‚” written by Sherman Alexie‚ Jackson Squared is a homeless alcoholic Indian man who is on a quest to prove to others that there is still good people in the world that are willing to help others. Jackson states‚ “The pawnbroker didn’t know it was stolen. And‚ besides‚ I’m on a mission here. I want to be a hero‚ you know? I want to win it back‚ like a knight” (Alexie 24). Jackson’s point is that he doesn’t want people to feel sorry for him because of

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    What You Pawn I Will Redeem” is the story of homeless financially strapped Spokane Indian man named Jackson Jackson faced with the task of coming up with nearly one thousand dollars in twenty-four hours in order to reclaim his grandmother’s stolen regalia from a pawn shop. On the way to raise money‚ he meets with generosity‚ compassion‚ kindness‚ sympathy. “What You Pawn I Will Redeem” is a story of generosity. At the beginning of the story‚ Jackson passes by a pawn shop and sees a regalia that

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    of the stories he was telling us a lie? “Her name was Agnes‚ and she died of breast cancer when I was fourteen” (73). “When I was sixteen‚ my grandmother told me a story about World War II” (76). Was this all a lie or was the author trying to show that this man was really drunk and couldn’t remember everything from back then. Or proving his own point in the story when he said drunken natives were liars. I also was thinking that this man would spend mostly all of his earnings on things like lottery

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    One of the two stories I chose was “What You Pawn I Will Redeem”. In this story‚ there are various themes illustrated but I will only talk about homelessness and heritage. Sherman Alexie shows how Native Americans have been marginalized to the lowest form of everyday life in America. They exist below the poverty line‚ homeless and without the means to live comfortably. It’s an unromantic‚ un-idealistic place‚ where the friends that Jackson has abandon him‚ and as a result of this he finds comfort

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    surprising when I read “What You Pawn I Will Redeem: Noon” by Sherman Alexie (Perkins 31). “I grew up in Spokane‚ moved to Seattle‚” (Perkins 31) is the author’s life as well as the main character in the story. It did not surprise me that the main character and the author had similar paths in life. I questioned while reading‚ and still do‚ how much of the story is real. Mr. Alexie’s experiences must have shown him many of the things that happened in the story in reality and/or to him personally. I was so

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    The story What You Pawn I Will Redeem is about a homeless Native American Man named Jackson who goes on a metaphorical quest to get back his grandmother’s regalia which he has stumbled upon in a pawn shop. The pawn shop owner says he can sell Jackson the $1000 regalia at a discounted price of $999. This is representative of how America treats Native American. This regalia was your grandmothers and was stolen. Well I bought is for $1000. Here’s what I can do for you. I’ll give you a discount of one

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    n “What You Pawn I Will Redeem” by Sherman Alexie‚ the main character is a homeless Native American Indian who came to Seattle to go to college and quit after two semesters.  Alexie creates a world where the protagonist seems to find help from every turn that he makes. Setting  The setting is the 1990’s in Seattle. Jackson Jackson is a Spokane Indian. According to Jackson Squared‚ his "people have lived within a one-hundred-mile radius of Spokane‚ Washington‚ for   ten thousand years." Several

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    What You Pawn I Will Redeem’ written by Sherman Alexie‚ tells a story of a homeless man who is struggling with identity issues and reminisces about much of his culture. Jackson Jackson‚ the main character‚ is a round and flat character‚ showing characteristics of both. Jackson’s conflict is internal conflict because he wants to save money to purchase his grandmother’s regalia from the pawnbroker‚ but he also wants to spend money on his fellow Indians and friends. Through Sherman’s short story

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