Sherman Alexie's Short Stories
In Sherman Alexie’s short stories “This is what it means to say Phoenix, Arizona”, and “Indian Education” Alexie uses action and dialogue to show the struggles of an Indian culture in a white mans world, putting the theme of race and social justice in a dilemma. Alexie uses dialogue in the short story “This is what it means to say Phoenix, Arizona”, to illustrate an ill-funded Indian reservation. After Victor had found out that his father had passed away Victor needed money to retrieve his father remains, realizing that, “[The only people that] have money on a reservation, [are] the cigarette and fireworks salespeople.” People in the reservation truly don’t have money but for the few that sell cigarettes and fireworks, even the Tribal Council,