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    Indian Education In the short story “Indian Education” by Sherman Alexie‚ the narrator’s life parallels Alexie’s in many ways. The narrator of this story is a boy named Victor who lives on a reservation with his two parents. Like Victor‚ Alexie grew up on a reservation in the state of Washington. Both boys were teased and bullied by their fellow classmates and initially decided to go to school outside of their reservation for greater educational opportunities. “Indian Education” follows an Indian

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    Who Is Sherman Alexie?

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    Sherman Alexie is a preeminent Native American Poet‚ novelist‚ performer and filmmaker. He is also an award winning author whose works primarily fall under the genre of Native American literature. Sherman Alexie was a reservation boy with big dreams and hopes. He had a lot of struggles with his life. Sherman was articulate‚ humours‚ declamatory‚ optimistic‚ and prove person. He struggles in his childhood. His childhood struggles were not limited to health problems; the son of an alcoholic‚ he faced

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    Sherman Alexie Biography

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    Sherman Alexie is a Native American that prefers the term Indian to describe his race. Alexie was born on October 7‚ 1966. He grew up as a Spokane Indian‚ and was raised on the Indian Reservation in Wellpinit‚ Washington. Sherman was born with a condition that had a lot of liquid in his cranium. He went to school on the reservation and stated it was challenging because he was teased as a child (This is How). They would call him the Globe because his head was bigger than the normal. Sherman was excellent

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    Sherman Alexie was a young Indian child that was driven to know how to read and right. He was determined to turn other opinions‚ that didn’t matter to him‚ down and set out to do what he had the desire to do. Alexie didn’t let the stereotype that ¨he was an Indian¨ slow him down either. Indians were expected to be at a lower education level‚ but Alexie wasn’t willing to obtain that thought. Frustrated with the lack of change in his Indian community‚ Sherman Alexie sets out to defy stereotypes‚ and

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    Sherman Alexie Identity

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    English 102-047 April 20‚ 2013 Sherman Alexie and the Native American Identity Sherman Alexie is a Spokane-Coeur d’Alene Indian who grew up in Wellpinit‚ Washington‚ on a reservation. He acknowledges that his origin and upbringing affect everything that he does in his books and short stories. The term ‘Indian’‚ is used to describe the indigenous peoples of the Americas. In the article titled “‘Indianness’ and Identity in the Novels and Short Storiesof Sherman Alexie”‚ Loree Estron says that “the

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    Adversity In Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian‚ the author allows readers to create a vivid image of the lives of the Spokane Indians by using teen language‚ humor and irony because it allows the readers to face serious issues in an enjoyable way. Junior makes the readers understand the way he lives in his reservation full of poverty and alcoholism and goes to the outside world filled with people discriminating against him. Alexie‚ using Junior’s humor and

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    Sherman Alexie Reflection

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    Sherman Alexie – Reflection Sherman Alexie has created and developed the character Thomas Builds-The-Fire in his book‚ “The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven‚” because he is shown as a Native American of old tradition whereas Victor is shown as a modern-day Indian. Thomas is presented in Sherman Alexie’s stories with innumerous knowledge of reservation life and Indian culture. He is there to tell the history of his people through stories detailed with emotions as if he experienced them

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    Sherman Alexie Journey

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    In Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian‚ the main character Arnold “Junior” Spirit undergoes a lot of ups and downs mentally. He is a 14-year-old Spokane Indian. Due to his health problems‚ he lacks the self-esteem needed to be successful. The Spokane Indian Reservation‚ in Wellpinit‚ Washington‚ suffers from poverty. One of the problems which force most Indians to give up on their hopes and dreams. The first few chapters‚ Junior describes how dismal his life on the reservation

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    Education in Native American Societies: A History of Neglect Timothy Bateson Southern New Hampshire University   *** The titles “Indian”‚ “American Indian”‚ and “Native American” will be used interchangeably. When the word “Indian” is used it is not a label or derogatory term‚ merely an abbreviated version of the full title. The cultural assimilation of American Indians is the biggest scar that the United States of America carries to this day‚ dating

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    Sherman Alexie Quotes

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    arrogant. I am lucky. I am trying to save our lives.” What does this quote from Sherman Alexie’s “Superman and Me” mean? First‚ the quote should be broken down into fragments. “I throw my weight against their locked doors. The doors hold.” In this part of the quote Alexie is talking about the “...sullen and already defeated Indian kids who sit in the back rows and ignore me with theatrical precision.” He is telling about how he tries over and over to teach them‚ but they don’t want to learn. They have

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