thankful recognition; the act of understanding the qualities of things and giving them their proper value. Whether it is received or given‚ wanted or not‚ appreciation is a universal need shared by all people. In the case of William Loman‚ in “Flight Patterns‚” his character defies and ignores the concept of appreciation. Convinced by his pride in himself‚ his heritage‚ and for his family‚ William fails to see any need to be appreciated or to appreciate. However‚ after the impact of a stranger’s life
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Crazy Horse Dreams Victor stands next to a fried bread stand watching other Indians eating. After eating he was ready to leave Blackfoot. The waitress said‚" They don’t pay you any mind becasue your hair is to short." She was wearing clothes made in Spokane‚ what reminded him of an Indian grandmother that made them. That also reminded him of the bank teller asked him if her shirt was Authentic. While he was walking he saw Willie Boyd holding bone trying to make gas money for his trip to
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As the two young men drive through the desert‚ Alexie applies significant imagery to show the isolation and importance of the situation. There is a certain tension in the air when the two old friends reconnect after their falling out. They are alone in the middle of nowhere: “Victor looked around the desert‚ sniffed the air‚ felt the emptiness and loneliness” (159). Alexie uses imagery to encapsulate the situation that the two young men are in. To help the reader feel the tension of the isolated
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most people did. This is illustrated in the literary work of Malcolm X‚ Sherman Alexie and Anne Lamott. According to these people‚ literacy isn’t achieved by simply going to school. It’s achieved through great determination and through great persistence. In the essay “Superman and Me‚” the author Sherman Alexie details how he learned to read despite having limited resources on the Native American reservation where he grew up. Alexie
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Officer or Angel A theme of Sherman Alexie’s Flight is constant change‚ instability‚ and violence. The protagonist‚ Zits‚ has been shuffled from foster home to foster home since his mother passed and father abandoned him. The homes and people that Zits has been forced into are all unfamiliar. The only place that gives Zits stability and comfort is‚ oddly‚ jail. With that‚ the only person constantly in his life is Officer Dave‚ a city police officer who has arrested Zits multiple times. Officer Dave’s
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Every human being will face personal challenges and what makes it different is‚ how we accept those obstacles and how we make decision to overcome those challenges in our life. The absolutely true dairy of part time Indian by Sherman Alexie clearly shows how a typical Native American faces challenges in his life. In order to become a better version of ourselves‚ Arnold and myself had to overcome challenges like getting better education‚ adapting to new life style and believing ourselves and we both
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being criminals no matter what‚ and being called by the “N” word. Society has labeled african-americans because no white person wants to live in the same neighborhood as a black person. In the article‚ “New Segregation Research Studies White Flight Patterns in the Early 1900s” the text states‚ “As blacks arrived in northern neighborhoods‚ more whites left. By the 1920s‚ there were more than three white departures for
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denies Junior’s knowledge about Petrified Wood because Junior was an “Indian” from the Reservation. To eagerly be correct‚ Mr. Dodge sarcastically mentions how "there’s so much amazing science on the reservation” (Alexie 85). By using a mixture of sarcastic tone and a rhetorical question‚ Alexie shows Mr. Dodge’s perspective on people from the Reservation (Indians) and how they are less educated in the field of Science than Rearden. Furthermore‚ different perspectives of race are shown when Roger says
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In the novel The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie and the poem “There is a Longing…” by Chief Dan George‚ the authors apply metaphors and diction to express that people have to change their way of thinking in order to achieve their dreams. At the beginning of the book‚ The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian‚ the main character Junior expresses why he loves to draw. He claims that it is a way to talk to the world and it makes him feel important. He dreams of
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In Sherman Alexie’s collection of short stories‚ Alexie purpose in writing stories is to depict how adversities are irreversible to the past‚ but not the future if you don’t allow it to be. In Alexie short stories they’re all interconnected with each story showcasing the hardships of Native Americans in the 15th century and late 20th century. The Spokane Reservation is the setting that’s connected with each story where Sherman discusses poverty‚ alcoholism‚ and isolation from society outsides one
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