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    people when they experience misfortune. Reservation Blues articulately highlights the contrast between the permanence of circumstance and the possibility of a fruitful future. While Alexie provides somber backstories for several leading characters of the story‚ such as Thomas Builds-the-Fire‚ Chess and Checkers‚ Junior‚ Victor‚ and Robert Johnson‚ he uses each individual character to juxtapose how reactions to the past can affect the future. Furthermore‚ Alexie explores the theme of reconstruction and

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    Sherman’s Alexie’s “Flight Patterns” main character is William. William is described as a very “paranoid” character who loves his family‚ job‚ wife‚ and daughter. He travels a lot for which he hates because that means he has to leave his family. He had a very close bond with his family who loved him very much. He blames his health issues on the amount of sleep he gets. Which is little to none. “He always slept poorly and wondered again if his insomnia was a physical or a mental condition” As told

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    6. Alexie writes very informally and very casually‚ which is suitable because he follows the format of a diary. As readers‚ we are inside of Junior’s mind‚ so we experience his real self‚ and the self that he presents to others. There are several times throughout Junior’s narration where he will ask the reader a direct question. When talking about the dentist who pulled out ten of his teeth in one day he says‚ “What a bastard‚ huh? (3). After describing all of his physical abnormalities‚ he refers

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    A big pattern that takes place in Flight by Sherman Alexie is continual self destruction. Zits has had a traumatic childhood. His father left him and his mother died. Also‚ he has been in 21 foster homes‚ each one worse than the last. He has so many feelings built up inside of him‚ many feelings of shame‚ failure‚ and hatred for those who hurt him. As a result‚ he reacts in the only way he knows how‚ with violence. In Chapter Two‚ Zits shoves his foster mother and runs off while still being aware

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    By reading the passages on Malcolm X‚ Richard Wright‚ and Sherman Alexie it is only obvious that reading brought enlightenment to their lives‚ and all three authors have a lot in common. These significant people felt trapped in some form‚ and their insatiable hunger for reading set them free. They were all fascinated with the act of reading‚ and they all taught themselves‚ and gave themselves the education needed to enlighten and influence others. Discovering how to read provided many opportunities

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    In his poem How to Write the Great American Indian Novel‚ Sherman Alexie uses imagery‚ repetition‚ and a satirical tone to depict some typical Native American stereotypes. Alexie uses nature imagery when proposing how men and women should be described in an American Indian novel. He writes that an Indian woman’s body should be compared to “brown hills‚ mountains‚ fertile valleys‚ dewy grass‚ wind‚ and clear water.” Through this‚ he seems to be making the point that authors tend to only use nature

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    #2 30‚ October‚ 2013 The Challenges Faced when Cross-Culturing Sherman Alexie constructed a short fiction story related to the “telling stories” section in the Norton Eleventh edition. In his story‚ a main theme presents itself. The main theme presented in the story is that of general stereotyping. General stereotyping clearly identifies itself when William‚ the taxi rider‚ states “No‚ not jewel-on-the-forehead Indian” (Alexie 62). Constructing an essay related to the most obvious theme would

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    “Superman and Me” by Sherman Alexie‚ he creates an extended metaphor to show the reader the connection between Superman and himself. There are many ways in which Superman and Alexie are compared. Three ways that they are alike are they save lives of others‚ break down doors‚ and they are both smart and arrogant. The first way they are similar‚ is that they both save lives. The text states‚ “I was trying to save my life.” It also states‚ “I was trying to save our lives.” Alexie is saving lives metaphorically

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    connect to one of assigned poems as I feel that in some cases‚ they rhythmic tone requires more effort taking away from the natural flow and connection that narrative poetry has. I will say that I found last week’s poem‚ “The Facebook Sonnet” by Sherman Alexie‚ to be a clever and blunt‚ 14 line piece that shines light on just how much social media drives people away from face-to-face contact. Even in mentioning that religious worship is as simple as logging onto a website. We connect by connecting on

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    most people did. This is illustrated in the literary work of Malcolm X‚ Sherman Alexie and Anne Lamott. According to these people‚ literacy isn’t achieved by simply going to school. It’s achieved through great determination and through great persistence. In the essay “Superman and Me‚” the author Sherman Alexie details how he learned to read despite having limited resources on the Native American reservation where he grew up. Alexie

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