Sherman Alexie Biography

Sherman Alexie is a Native American that prefers the term Indian to describe his race. Alexie was born on October 7, 1966. He grew up as a Spokane Indian, and was raised on the Indian Reservation in Wellpinit, Washington. Sherman was born with a condition that had a lot of liquid in his cranium. He went to school on the reservation and stated it was challenging because he was teased as a child (This is How). They would call him the Globe because his head was bigger than the normal. Sherman was excellent in school, he was especially great at reading and writing. He blends in popular culture to his work pieces (Poets.org). Sherman Alexie is promoting his ethnicity through his literary works, including The Toughest Indian in the World, The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven, and The Indian Killer.
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven includes twenty-two different short stories, on what it is like growing up on a reservation (GradeSaver). A quote from one of Alexie’s short stories Includes,“I got in a fight with my girlfriend," I said. "I was just driving around, blowing off steam, you know?" Well, you should be more careful where you drive," the officer said. "You're making people nervous. You don't fit the profile of the neighborhood."I wanted to tell him that I didn't fit the profile of the country, but I knew it would just get me into trouble” (Alexie,).Victor got into a fight with his girlfriend so he went to go for a drive. Consequently, when he was driving a cop pulled him over telling him he is making people nervous and he doesn't fit in with the neighborhood he is driving in. Victor wanted to tell the cop he doesn't fit into the country because he is in a minority race provided, he knows he would've gotten in more trouble. Notwithstanding, Victor if he feels as if he doesn't belong anywhere. He can't even drive in a