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    Sandra Cisneros Eleven

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    Rachel’s character by Sandra Cisneros in “Eleven” is a very clever girl compared to her age; however‚ some people or even her peers might disaccord with it. In this passage‚ the author reiterates Rachel’s age several times‚ although the repetition of her age does not give the reader an affection of her being wiser and much older than her age. To tackle the feeling of Rachel being a dumb girl‚ Cisneros use of language‚ Imagery‚ and narrative all collaborates to make Rachel a well defined character

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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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    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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    “Knowledge is Power” an expression that means the more knowledge you gain the more powerful you are as an individual. In the short story “The Birthmark”‚ by Nathaniel Hawthorne and the two poems “English B”‚ by Langston Hughes and “Crazy Courage”‚ by Sherman Alexie‚ the authors describes individual knowledge and power through the same idea‚ but through different methods. The poem entitled “English B”‚ by Langston Hughes begins with the speaker’s English teacher instructing the class to do a writing assignment

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    Sherman Alexie Judgement

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    same with the black woman’s attitude. What people don’t see is other people’s perspective‚ because they are too selfish to. People judge them as if they were covers to a book yet never opened the pages to see the pain and sorrow in their life’s. Sherman Alexie proved this in the book Flight‚ that being thus trained to pass judgement on someone you don’t know leads to a vicious

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    and “ Only Daughter” both prove that being an Mexican- American women is a struggle. As Cisneros shows her first hand experience‚ and as well shows it through story telling. Yet without telling a biography and going straight to the point she shows emotion by using literary elements. Sandra Cisneros Chose to use metaphors and imagery to express the hard ships of being a Mexican- American women. If Sandra Cisneros did not use literary elements to show the lifestyle of a Mexican-American women‚ the points

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    “Response to Executive Order 9066” by Dwight Okita‚ and “Mericans” by Sandra Cisneros were excellent stories to read. The theme American Identity really shined through when I read these stories. Although they are very different‚ they are also very similar. In the end it taught me that whatever cultural background you were from‚ or how you looked‚ it does not determine what being american means. "Response to executive order 9066" I feel like it talk about family‚but more of her friends

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    The writers Dwight Okita and Sandra Cisneros were very obviously influenced by many aspects of American culture. Both "In Response to Executive Order 9066" and "Mericans" authors Dwight Okita and Sandra Cisneros provide the topic of American identity and what it means to be an American. In Okita’s poem‚ American identity is more about how one experiences culture than it is about where someone comes from. Both the poem by Okita and the short story by Cisneros display that one’s physical appearances

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    Sandra Cisneros: Writer and Activist Mexican-American writer Sandra Cisneros is the preeminent Latina writer in the U.S. today. Cisneros has written two novels‚ a collection of short stories‚ and three books of poetry. Her earlier works‚ the short novel The House on Mango Street (1984) and the collection of short stories Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories (1991)‚ were responsible for establishing her wide readership and winning Cisneros major publishing contracts and major advances on her

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