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    Sherman Alexie Mood

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    Setting the mood for a tragic event is important to evoke emotion among the reader of a book. That is exactly what Sherman Alexie did in this excerpt in The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian‚ where a tragic event has occurred. Alexie uses tone‚ syntax‚ and structure to develop the mood if the passage. Alexie sets the mood of the excerpt through his use of tone. For instance‚ he wrote‚ “At the hospital‚ my mother wept and wailed.” Usage of the words “wept” and “wailed” establish a distressful

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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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    Indian Education Reading Responses 1. The overarching tone of this piece is shamefully miserable. Sherman Alexie conveys this by using negative diction‚ for example; Alexie begins his first grade excerpt by saying‚ “My hair was short and the U.S. Government glasses were horn-rimmed‚ ugly…” The author uses the word ‘ugly’ to indicate young Alexie lacks in self confidence and is ashamed of his appearance. Alexie continues on saying‚ “… in school the other Indian boys chased me from one corner

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    “The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me” Reading “The Joy of reading and Writing: Superman and Me‚” gave me a different perspective of reading and writing. Sherman Alexie‚ who grew up on the Spokane Reservation in Wellpinit‚ Washington‚ explains his life as an Indian boy‚ and how reading and writing helped his life to succeed. Alexie purposes is to discuss how he first learned how to read and write‚ his intelligence as a young Indian boy‚ and Alexie as an adult teaching creative writing

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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 Quotes

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    throw my weight against their locked doors. The doors hold. I am smart. I am 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

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    Reading Leads to Prosperity Sherman Alexie recalls his childhood memory of learning to read‚ and his teaching experience in “The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me”. He devotes his interest to reading. By this way‚ he breaks the stereotype that Indian boys are expected to be stupid and dumb‚ and later on he becomes a successful writer because of his endeavor to read. Alexie vividly narrates his younger life by using metaphor and repetition with a confident tone‚ in order to strengthen

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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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    Flight by Sherman Alexie

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    In Flight‚ Sherman Alexie explores the terrible struggles of growing up without the love and care of a guardian. Zits is the main character who tragically loses both his mother and father. He is placed in foster care although he can’t seem to stay out of jail. Throughout Flight‚ Zits grows from being a troubled youth to a young man ready to change his life because of his imaginary experiences. Zits has a hard time growing up. This makes him confrontational and destroys his pride. One aspect of his

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    Face By Sherman Alexie

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    Sherman Alexie‚ in his poem “Face‚” explains that white people took over the land‚ created customs and introduced their customs to those on the reservations. He develops this idea in the first stanza by using a metaphor to compare both cultures have in common “This sonnet‚ like my reservation‚ keeps/ Its secrets hidden behind boundaries/ That are simple and legal at first read”; in the second stanza‚ he develops an image of how the speaker feels on adopting the “white masters culture” along with

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