“What You Pawn I Will Redeem” (Response Paper) “What You Pawn I Will Redeem” by Sherman Alexie is the story of the mission of the humorous character of Jackson Jackson. Jackson Jackson is a homeless Spokane Indian in search of money to repurchase the regalia that was stolen from his grandmother about 50 years ago. He embarks on a journey to collect 999 dollars‚ the amount of money the pawnbroker is willing to sell the regalia for. Throughout this journey‚ the humorous character of Jackson Jackson
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Essay 1: “What You Pawn‚ I Will Redeem” Sherman Alexie’s "What you Pawn‚ I Will Redeem" appears on the surface to be a simply written story of a homeless‚ alcoholic Indian in Seattle who is trying to earn enough money to reclaim his grandmothers Pow Wow regalia from a local pawn shop. But upon looking closely‚ there are many symbolic passages that my lead a person to much deeper conclusions. Throughout the story there are many clues that hint at the fact that this quest may not have been real‚ but
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What You Pawn I Will Redeem I found Sherman Alexie’s “What You Pawn I Will Redeem” particularly interesting in terms of style and voice. The narrator seems very nonchalant about all of the events that occur in the story. The main premise is that the narrator‚ Jackson‚ a homeless Native American‚ finds his grandmother’s regalia in a pawnshop and aims to buy it back from the owner. He can buy the regalia back for a thousand dollars‚ so he sets off to try and make the money. The interesting thing
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A Foolish‚ Homeless Con-Artist’s Quest to Ease Loneliness as Displayed in Sherman Alexie’s “What You Pawn I Will Redeem” In Sherman Alexie’s “What You Pawn I Will Redeem‚” the protagonist exemplifies how to be a professional homeless con artist‚ and reveals how to use an actual stolen family artifact to prey on the human capacity for compassion. It’s a story in which our protagonist with the same first and last name‚ Jackson Jackson‚ stumbles across a garb made by his grandmother in a local
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English 102 MWF 11-11:50 I really enjoyed the story What You Pawn I will Redeem. It was very well written and kept my attention throughout the story. It is amazing that he walked by a pawnshop and immediately recognized his grandmother’s regalia without ever seeing it other than in pictures. I enjoy reading about Native American cultures and beliefs. There was a lot of humor in this story and Jackson definitely did not take himself too seriously. I think the 1st person narrator was very important
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What You Pawn‚ I Will Redeem” 1. How does the narrator know the regalia is his grandmother’s? 2. Why is the story divided by time? 3. Why does Alexie continually present the issue of alcoholism among American Indians regardless of tribe? Final Submitted answers What You Pawn‚ I Will Redeem -Full Answers 1. Jackson‚ the narrator‚ notices the regalia in the window of a pawnshop and recognizes some similarities between this regalia and the one he remembers of his grandmother’s
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Ahmad Abdullhadi Shalabi World Literature December 10th‚ 2013 The Quest for Identity in Sherman Alexie’s “What You Pawn I Will Redeem” Sherman Alexie‚ a Spokane/Coeur d ’Alene Indian‚ was born in 1966 on the Spokane Indian Reservation in Wellpinit‚ Washington.” [He] is a poet‚ writer‚ and filmmaker. Much of his writing draws on his experiences as a Native American growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation” ( Konigsberg). As a Native American‚ Alexie’s main concern is presenting his own culture
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Sherman Alexie’s poem “What you Pawn I Will Redeem” demonstrates a story about a homeless male Indian who begins a journey to regain his grandmother’s regalia. Jackson Jackson is a homeless Spokane Indian is trying to survive the streets while dealing with an alcoholism problem. One day while passing around Seattle‚ Jackson Jackson notices his grandmother’s regalia at a pawn shop. He is on a journey to win back the regalia in twenty-four hours‚ which cost $999.00 to regain because it was stolen.
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of the stories he was telling us a lie? “Her name was Agnes‚ and she died of breast cancer when I was fourteen” (73). “When I was sixteen‚ my grandmother told me a story about World War II” (76). Was this all a lie or was the author trying to show that this man was really drunk and couldn’t remember everything from back then. Or proving his own point in the story when he said drunken natives were liars. I also was thinking that this man would spend mostly all of his earnings on things like lottery
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“What You Pawn I Will Redeem” is the story of homeless financially strapped Spokane Indian man named Jackson Jackson faced with the task of coming up with nearly one thousand dollars in twenty-four hours in order to reclaim his grandmother’s stolen regalia from a pawn shop. On the way to raise money‚ he meets with generosity‚ compassion‚ kindness‚ sympathy. “What You Pawn I Will Redeem” is a story of generosity. At the beginning of the story‚ Jackson passes by a pawn shop and sees a regalia that
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