In Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian‚ the author emphasizes Junior’s misfit status at Reardan through figurative language‚ parallel structure‚ repetition‚ and contrast. Junior is uncomfortable being the only Indian attending Reardan‚ which is evident through the way he compares his classmates’ stares to the way you would stare at “bigfoot or a ufo” (56). This simile reveals that Junior feels his classmates see him as an “alien‚” rather than as a fellow classmate. Thus
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about something‚ they would probably say they have no prejudices. Perhaps the most painful form of prejudice is racism. Although most of us try to avoid the issue of racism‚ it is all around us. It is unavoidable. In his story‚ "Lawyers League‚" Sherman Alexie confronts racism and its effects openly. He tells how a person can be both the victim of racism as well as the racist. It also illustrates how racism destroys people’s lives as well as their dreams. In this story‚ Richard is a Political Science
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problem‚ they will break up very easily. So when two different kinds of people get together‚ problem and conflicts will appear between them. There are two articles "His Talk‚ Her Talk" by Joyce Maynard and "Man To Man‚ Woman To Woman" by Mark A. Sherman and Adelaide Haas. Both articles talk about the same topic male-female communication. In the article "His Talk‚ Her Talk" by Joyce Maynard‚ she believes that men are not smarter‚ steadier‚ more high-minded than women. She tells an experience of her
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Same Difference Malcolm X and Sherman Alexie are two American writers with great diction. Both came from a very vivid and crazy background. Capturing the audience’s attention is what they do best. They can relate on various topics‚ even though they may site it differently. Also‚ setting a certain tone is very important. Sure enough‚ both do just that to make sure what they’re writing about comes out clearly. These writers are very intelligent when it comes to literature and how to incorporate their
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Reservation Blues‚ Sherman Alexie extensively uses dreams to portray the relationship between white people and Native Americans. The dreams depict a constant struggle between the two societies‚ as well as a gradual extinction of the Indian culture. A complete picture of the Native American way of life could be seen from examining these dreamsand its not a pretty one. None of the dreams are positive or reveal anything good about the Indian way of life. If anything‚ Sherman Alexie tries to show the
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theme of resilience is deliberately presented. Native Americans past and present continue to face stifling issues such as racism‚ alcoholism‚ isolation and suicide. Sherman Alexie makes it his obligation in his stories and poems to show Native American resiliency through humor. By using his characters to show resiliency through humor Alexie presents humor as an integral part of Native American survival. Humor is defined as something that entertains us. Humor is often used in literature for the purpose
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person who does not know how to learn‚†(ThinkExist). This quote was written in 1928 by an American author of science fiction‚ Alvin Toffler‚ and that quote holds true until this day. In “The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me‚†by Sherman Alexie‚ he writes about the difficulties that he experienced as a child overcoming the intellectual limit that was put upon his culture‚ in this case American Indians. Another writer who experienced some of the harshest moments of American history and
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“Superman and Me” In the article “Superman and Me”‚ Sherman Alexie gives a biography of his life as a poor Indian boy who successfully self-educated himself through literature. Through the medium of past experiences as a minority with a strong hunger for learning‚ Alexie reminds everyone of the potential for an individual to overcome adversity through perseverance and diligence. With an informal tone pervading throughout his article‚ Alexie aims considerably at non-Indian children‚ hoping to give
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Means to Say Phoenix‚ Arizona” The story “This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix‚ Arizona” by Sherman Alexie is a fictional narrative that reflects his experiences during his past and present life. The author allows the audience to become the social media that critiques his life when he evokes important episodes of his life through Victor and Thomas Builds-the-Fire liveliness. In this process‚ Sherman Alexis uses his omniscient point of view to tell his readers about the actions of his character;
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Native American writer‚ Sherman Alexie‚ in his essay‚ “Superman and Me”‚ (VERB) (SUBJECT). Alexie’s purpose is to tell the reader how he beat the system of being a typical typical ‘stupid Indian who accepted failure’. He went to school‚ taught himself how to read‚ and eventually left the reservation unlike the majority of Indians on the reservation. He adopts a sarcastic tone in order to motivate young Native American children not to fall into that stereotype. Sherman Alexie takes on the following
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