Analysis Of The Book ' Reena Patel ' Essay

The colonization of Native American people has consequently framed Native American society as heteronormative, despite the historical inaccuracies of such a notion. The relationships presented throughout this collection range from sexual, platonic, familial and interracial. Race is "a constant presence" (14) throughout the course of each narrative. Alexie 's stories question of identity as it relates to race and sexuality across a boad spectrum. The nine stories in The Toughest Indian in the World move off the reservation to Seattle or the nearby city of Spokane. The ‘urban Indians’ at the heart of these stories are educated, middle class and sober, and outwardly at least, they are fully integrated into the dominant white society. This paper will explore the trajectory of identity in Alexie 's work and how Toughest Indian demonstates a sense of otherness of Indians in an urban envirnment. This theme is expored through Alexie 's treatment of race and sexuality as demonstrated in two stories: Toughest Indian and John Wayne.

One of the most striking characteristics of Pauline Puyat is her devout Catholicism and her desire to be disconnected from the Ojibwa people. Throughout Tracks, she openly chooses Catholicism over her native religion and abandons her native ways almost completely. When Pauline tries to help Fleur prevent a miscarriage, she is literally held back by her conscious separation from the Ojibwa culture.

When one reads Ruth Prawer Jhabvala’s “The Interview”, it is very clear how gender roles are predominate within the family that is portrayed. Using this family as an extension to represent all of India, Jhabvala gives us some insight into the daily lives led over there. The story is told through the eyes of an upper-class man who is completely dependent upon his family, specifically his brother and the women in the house. This essay will examine the male and female roles that are presented in this short story, how they parallel each other, and the deeper meanings hidden within the text.

Moreover, women struggles in industry has posed new questions and renamed the meaning of morality in human beings. This represent an exploration for self determination against the capitalist and agencies with power control. For instance, Malay women have migrated to the state of 20th century homelessness in order to construct substitute homes and new identity of them stated in the book.

When you’re walking down the street and see a group of tattooed men of color and your first instinct is to cross the street is this due to internalized racism or does past experiences validate your prejudice? Or when you sit with a group of people all speaking a common language other than your own, is your discomfort and insecurity rationalized? The film Crash explores the lives of different socio-economic groups and their experiences dealing with prejudice and stereotypes or being on the other end of it. The concept of various “American Identities” are explored within the film. We see the white woman who fears people of color. The African American male who’s so anti-white he becomes the stereotypes he’s supposedly against. The Latino male who based on appearance is profiled and many more characters. All these individuals created these identities for themselves to exist in America. In Bharati Mukherjee’s “Two Ways to Belong in America” we see this theme being shared when Mukherjee and her sister Mira arrive in America and must find their own way to exist in this new country.

Anyone who think that boys are the only ones to play baseball, they are exceedingly wrong because a little girl was born to play ball, named Toni Stone.

Paige Raibmon’s book “Authentic Indians” take a closer look at the concept of authenticity in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Focusing on the culturally diverse Aboriginal people of the Northwest Coast, Raibmon examines how both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people constructed and used the idea of the authentic Indian to achieve their goals. Drawing examples from three ‘episodes’ or stories about Aboriginal people of the Northwest Coast, Raibmon argues that authenticity is not a set marker that we can use to measure the distance between what an Aboriginal culture looks like today and what “real” Aboriginal culture looks like. Instead, Raibmon says that authenticity is an important and changing set of ideas that were used

In the 19th century it was an expectation that women would be docile and amenable to everyone. Men or boys at this time had the option to go find work elsewhere if the rules and expectations that were placed in the customer service did not fit with what they wanted. Women on the other hand were significantly more constricted with their work options. The expectations of women at this time were left to domestic duties, rarely did the opportunity arise for actual work. (Mitchell) Working for the telephone company as operators was this opportunity for women to break out of that expectations of Hegemonic Femininity.

Raj Patel’s Stuffed and Starved analyzes the paradoxical content in its title statement. Patel demonstrates how the world food system has created two opposite, but inherently linked epidemics: obesity and crippling hunger. Throughout the course of this book, it becomes painfully clear that the majority of the world’s population is being manipulated by our global food system and by the corporations and their CEO’s who control it. Patel encourages his readers to make themselves politically responsible (313) and through Stuffed and Starved, highlights the discrepancies and major imbalances of our world food system, the small percentage of people who benefit from it, and the vast majority of humanity who does not. He does all this while

Jalapeno bagels is about a boy named Pablo whom cannot decide what to take to school for International Day. He wants to bring something from his parents’ baker. He wants something that represent his heritage but he cannot decide what to bring. His mother who is Mexican baked pan dulce and change bars. His father who is Jewish baked bagels and challah. Both of the bake good were good but while helping his parents with the bakery on Sunday morning, Pablo made a decision on what to bring. He decided to bring jalapeno bagels because they are a mixture both of his parents and just like him too. The multicultural representations in the story line is Mexican and Jewish. The pictures that were drawn in the book, the family has the same color of skin even though the parents are different cultures and the main character is mixed. There were no different skin colors.

One of the assumptions discussed in the Nodelman and Reimer reading is that "the best children's stories have simple texts" In "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian", Sherman Alexie broaches some controversial topics, he openly discusses poverty, alcoholism and death. In the section at the end of the novel 'Interview with Sherman Alexie' he states that "all this stuff that is controversial is stuff that kids are dealing with on a daily basis." Alexie points out that children are dealing with serious and complicated issues on their own accord. He has intentionally created a complex, honest novel about life for the disabled and impoverished protagonist, Junior to highlight this.

The God had been very generous in imparting her with exceptional beauty with a sharp mind, rest the world taught her. This determined woman, with light bluish wide eyes, her peach shaped alluring face, her enticing cat walks, punishing her onlookers to look at her once more and once more, during her hay days was among the most sought after call girl of Bombay. In spite of choosing this profession much against her appetite and all the odds against her, didn’t dither in exposing her bosom for the destitute, poor women compelled like her to get in the trade called – prostitution. Bequeathing her entire earnings for charitable purposes, donating some vital parts of her body to the needy and bestowing the ownership of her body on her death for medical

Al Pacino once said, “ Be careful how you judge people, You don’t sum up a man’s life in one moment.” In the novel, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian ,Sherman Alexie explains the hard life of Arnold Spirit that is filled with many problems, death, and bullying. Arnold Spirit was born with many medical problems and was picked on for most of his life. But, this did not keep him from receiving a good education and doing something incredible with his life. So, Arnold Spirit left the rez to attend Reardon, an all-white school, where he was an outcast at first, but made many new friends by the end of Freshman year. Arnold Spirit was known for betraying his tribe and leaving the rez, but despite this he discovered many new strengths and continued to carry on with his life towards success. Throughout the novel, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Sherman Alexie discusses about the issues or struggles that Arnold Spirit faced which include bullying, stereotypes, and being different.

This article is connected to my sociological problem in that it shows that after an extensive research conducted on 240 (male and female) employees with high management positions, more than half the women surveyed declared that they would relocate for their career, thus proving women see work as a central factor in their lives. Of the 240 employees surveyed, only 70 of them were women, again demonstrating a lack of equality in the work force.

As a young American, and a very critical one at that, I believe that America is on a path to chaos. There may have been or may be a chance at some point in America’s long timeline where unity through diversity could be achieved in reality- that’s the principal this county was founded on after all- but the minds and hearts of the American people have never really been open to the idea. There is so much hatred and fear for people of other cultures in America that I honestly do not believe that America as a nation can ever become truly socially unified. Our citizens and government like to claim that we are a country where people of all kinds and cultures can come and be prosperous; live as they please, do as they please, be who they please, but from what I have seen in my short 19 years as an American I do not believe that to be entirely true.