Sherman Alexie’s What You Pawn I Will Redeem Reading Response #1 How has Sherman Alexie managed to detach Jackson Jackson from his present predicament‚ and what is the effect of this on the reader? Throughout Sherman Alexie’s short story‚ What You Pawn I Will Redeem‚ the narrator‚ Jackson Jackson‚ manages to distance himself from his present predicament of being homeless and penniless. He does so while on a ‘quest’ (Alexie 18) to buy back his grandmother’s regalia‚ which he discovered in
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“What You Pawn I Will Redeem” (Response Paper) “What You Pawn I Will Redeem” by Sherman Alexie is the story of the mission of the humorous character of Jackson Jackson. Jackson Jackson is a homeless Spokane Indian in search of money to repurchase the regalia that was stolen from his grandmother about 50 years ago. He embarks on a journey to collect 999 dollars‚ the amount of money the pawnbroker is willing to sell the regalia for. Throughout this journey‚ the humorous character of Jackson Jackson
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Essay 1: “What You Pawn‚ I Will Redeem” Sherman Alexie’s "What you Pawn‚ I Will Redeem" appears on the surface to be a simply written story of a homeless‚ alcoholic Indian in Seattle who is trying to earn enough money to reclaim his grandmothers Pow Wow regalia from a local pawn shop. But upon looking closely‚ there are many symbolic passages that my lead a person to much deeper conclusions. Throughout the story there are many clues that hint at the fact that this quest may not have been real‚ but
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What You Pawn I Will Redeem I found Sherman Alexie’s “What You Pawn I Will Redeem” particularly interesting in terms of style and voice. The narrator seems very nonchalant about all of the events that occur in the story. The main premise is that the narrator‚ Jackson‚ a homeless Native American‚ finds his grandmother’s regalia in a pawnshop and aims to buy it back from the owner. He can buy the regalia back for a thousand dollars‚ so he sets off to try and make the money. The interesting thing
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A Foolish‚ Homeless Con-Artist’s Quest to Ease Loneliness as Displayed in Sherman Alexie’s “What You Pawn I Will Redeem” In Sherman Alexie’s “What You Pawn I Will Redeem‚” the protagonist exemplifies how to be a professional homeless con artist‚ and reveals how to use an actual stolen family artifact to prey on the human capacity for compassion. It’s a story in which our protagonist with the same first and last name‚ Jackson Jackson‚ stumbles across a garb made by his grandmother in a local
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Ahmad Abdullhadi Shalabi World Literature December 10th‚ 2013 The Quest for Identity in Sherman Alexie’s “What You Pawn I Will Redeem” Sherman Alexie‚ a Spokane/Coeur d ’Alene Indian‚ was born in 1966 on the Spokane Indian Reservation in Wellpinit‚ Washington.” [He] is a poet‚ writer‚ and filmmaker. Much of his writing draws on his experiences as a Native American growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation” ( Konigsberg). As a Native American‚ Alexie’s main concern is presenting his own culture
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Analysis of “What you pawn I will redeem” I really enjoyed the story “What you pawn I will redeem” by Sherman Alexie. What made it so enjoyable for me‚ was not only Jackson who is the main character but also the friends and cousins which were mentioned throughout this story. This story had great characters and a very great story line. Thanks to the main character I got to experience firsthand what it like is to be‚ not only homeless‚ but also an alcoholic. During this entire story I felt sorry for
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In Sherman Alexie’s “What You Pawn I Will Redeem”‚ closure is provided as through successfully completing the level of expectations and questions‚ the story provides a conflict and just exactly as you’d expect it gets resolved. The suspense leading up also provides us with a more ‘satisfying’ sense of closure as a majority of loose ends are tied up. Though it could be said the main conflict of the story gets closure‚ the overarching homeless background and horrible conditions the main character is
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What You Pawn‚ I 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 Pawn‚ I 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 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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