as lack of parental support. In Indian Education by Sherman Alexie and College Pressures by William Zinsser‚ both author’s share their views on the starvation of education and the pressures students may face once in college. In the article‚ Indian Education‚ the author observes many things throughout his schooling including the section entitled “Eighth Grade” when he presents the readers with the claim “There is more than one way to starve”(Alexie‚ 139). Starvation is manifested in more than one way
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Literature 221‚ I was given the opportunity to read works from many different genres‚ time periods‚ and styles of writing. Some of which‚ like Emily Dickinson’s Life I and Life XLIII‚ Joyce Carol Oates’ Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?‚ and Sherman Alexie’s What You Pawn I Will Redeem I thoroughly enjoyed and learned from. While others such as Ernest Hemingway’s Big Two-Hearted River‚ Mark Twain’s excerpt When The Buffalo Climbed a Tree from Roughing It‚ and the excerpt from Sula by Toni Morrison
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For decades‚ authors and critics have written about America’s educational system’s flaws‚ but to this day these problems are still present. Why aren’t they being fixed? Why aren’t our students fully prepared to go on after high school? Although many people deny the existence of problems in our education system‚ the problems are very real and directly affecting students’ futures. The problems facing the education system are all related to depriving students of “true education”. Many authors
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In the beginning of both the novel Flight‚ by Sherman Alexie‚ and the article‚ The Battle Of Little Bighorn‚ 1876 unnecessary violence and revenge are perpetrated by the main character or subject. In Flight‚ the protagonist‚ Zits‚ is an immature‚ troublemaking‚ Native-American boy. Zits gets sent to jail numerous times for his mischievous actions. For his most recent offense he is put in jail with a young white kid‚ who calls himself Justice. Zits tells Justice about his past. About his father leaving
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Reading Log: Alexie – “What Does It Mean to Say Phoenix‚ Arizona” Time started reading: 5:27 Time ended reading: 5:45 Before Reading What do you already know about the author/story? I actually do not know anything about the author or story. I have not heard of either before. Notice the title: does it give you any ideas about what the story may be about? Based on the title‚ “This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix‚ Arizona”‚ I was not sure at first whether the story would be a bibliography of his
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Throughout the book‚ Sherman Alexie provides many humorous scenes and images to help point out awareness of issues and realties that Indigenous communities face. Alexie (2007) writes “none of those guys punched me or got violent. After all‚ I was a reservation Indian‚ and no matter how geeky and weak I appeared to be‚ I was still a potential killer”
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When freshman change schools‚ does it impact their identity? The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part Time Indian by Sherman Alexie is about an young kid named Junior goes through a dramatic change of schools and friends but manages to make it work. “School Days of an Indian Girl” by Zitkala-Sa is about a Indian girl who is forced into a boarding school and has to the teacher they to make her forget about her culture. In The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part Time Indian Junior’s identity has changed by
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school. This overtime gave Arnold hope. Before Mr.P talked to Arnold “{Arnolds} hopes and dreams floated up in a mushroom cloud”(Alexie 31). When Mr.P talked to Arnold he guaranteed him that he would have more hope if he left the Rez . According to Mr.P “{Arnold is going to find more and more hope the father {...} he walks away from this sad {...} reservation” (Alexie 43). In addition‚ Arnolds hope increases when he was part of the basketball team that won against many teams. When Arnold joined
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traditional outfits‚ instrument‚ and food are being showcased‚ but the gorgeous tribes do not exist anymore. Their cultures were taken endlessly by the people who built the museums. In the story “Museum Indians” and the poem “evolution”‚ Susan Power and Sherman Alexie wrote about the tragedy of Native American culture and the sorrowness inside the remaining Indians by using negative connotation and figurative language . The story Museum Indians was written from an Indian girl’s point of view‚ the author used
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The stereotypes are strongly implied in our lives in many spheres of the people’s activities. Racial as well as gender or even age stereotypes can be witnessed at the workplace‚ on the streets or elsewhere. However‚ as the history and people’s experience evince‚ stereotypes usually include the ideas and concepts that have no solid and real life basis. In most cases‚ stereotypes simply prove to be wrong. However‚ as people‚ we are highly subjected to the influence of stereotypes everywhere‚ on the
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