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    Sometimes we believe that there aren’t any more kind and generous people in this world. When we ask people for help in a crisis and they do not follow through‚ it is those we least expected who jump in and lend a hand. It is only then that we see who our real friends are and get a different perspective on life. In the story‚ Victor lost his job‚ and then his father so he asked the tribal council for help. They only gave him $100‚ which would not even be enough for a flight ticket. It was Thomas Builds-the-Fire

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    The character Victor from “This Is What It Means To Say PhoenixArizona” explains how he received news that his father is dead and that he has money he can clam‚ but in order to get the money he must go to Arizona. To collect the money and the car also his childhood best friend Thomas buildsthe-fire wants to go along with him. Victor seeks the death of his true friendship with thomas buildsthe-fire. Victor and thomas were best friends since childhood and as they grew older they got the more separate

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    Fist/ight in Heaven‚ by Sherman Alexie‚ the three short stories‚ "A Drug Called Tradition‚" "This Is What It Means to Say PhoenixArizona‚" and "The Trial of Thomas Builds-the-Fire‚" depict the Native American experience with their own cultural past through Thomas Builds-the-Fire. In "A Drug Called Tradition‚" Victor‚ Junior and Thomas volunteer themselves to the effects of magic mushrooms and go on a trip to Benjamin Lake. In "This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix Arizonao" Victor is refused

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    Sherman Alexie Sherman Alexie was born in 1966 and raised on the Spokane Indian Reservation in Washington. Although born with a severe case of hydrocephalus‚ he astonishingly recovered and learned to read at an early age. Alexie used his social rejection to concentrate on his studies. In 1985‚ he was awarded a scholarship to Gonzaga University where he regrettably began abusing alcohol. His college years can be described as depressing and inspiring. His alcoholism compelled him to convey his

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    Sherman Alexie-native American of the Spokane/Coeur d’Alene nation. This story was adapted into a film “smoke signals. What topics does he address? Alexie address the death of Victors father‚ his relationship with Thomas Builds-the-Fire‚ How deep does he go? The story centers on Victor and his father who passed away recently‚ who he hadn’t had a close relationship for years‚ and spoke to him over the phone a few times. Victor has this “genetic pain‚ which was soon to be as real and immediate

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    Compare & Contrast of Smoke Signals and This is what it means to Say PhoenixArizona The stories of Smoke Signals and “This is What it Means to Say PhoenixArizona” are built around the same narrative with a few dissimilarities here and there. Smoke Signals is the film version based from the short story “This is What it Means to Say PhoenixArizona.” Throughout the duration of the film there are recognizably a few alterations as compared with the short story; however‚ there are still a lot

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    In the essay “The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me‚” Sherman Alexie credits learning to read a Superman comic book with saving his life. As an Indian boy growing up on a reservation in Spokane‚ Washington‚ where being uneducated was not the exception but the rule‚ Alexie was given few opportunities to succeed. The Superman comic book was the book he taught himself to read with‚ which in turn saved him from going down a path that lead to a the life of inferiority and failure. Learning to

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    Tonto’s Dysfunctional Family Tree America is a multicultural nation. This fact is undeniable. We are a mishmash of people from all parts of the globe‚ each with a unique story to tell. One of the struggles of being such a diverse nation is that different ethnic groups often fail to understand one another. I believe that cross-cultural writing is a powerful tool that dispels ignorance and fosters greater multicultural understanding. Writing has the power to bring people together. There are many prominent

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    In How to Write the Great American Indian Novel‚ the author Sherman Alexie uses imagery‚ synecdoche‚ and repetition to develop the central idea that Native Americans are stereotyped. Society gives them a stereotype where all Indians live their life a same‚ specific way‚ otherwise they aren’t considered Indians. For example‚ Alexie uses imagery to show a stereotype of every Indian man that white women have a deep love interest in. “White women feign disgust at the savage in blue jeans and a t-shirt

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    In his book of short stories‚ The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven‚ author Sherman Alexie explores the theme of Native Americans as outsiders and outcasts. Throughout many of his stories‚ Alexie’s uses the motifs‚ imagery and figurative language to underscore the theme. Three of these stories are “Every Little Hurricane”‚ “A Drug Called Tradition”‚ and “Indian Education”; Alexie uses the motifs of storytelling‚ alcoholism‚ and the warrior to explore how the outsider status of his Native

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