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Identity In The Lone Ranger And Tonto Fist

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The texts Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, as well as Sherman Alexie’s The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven all ask us to consider the relationship between rhetoric and identity. When thinking about identity it depends on the person. I would define identity as the key characteristics about each of us that we define ourselves by. How we want to be seen by others, and how we think others see us. What parts of ourselves we choose to keep private and what parts we choose to let people see. What we believe morally and dream-wise. Our existence and worth as a human both soul and body which is not determined or differentiated by anything you do or fail to do, but is inherent and vital in you from your …show more content…

The rhetoric shapes the actions and the convictions of each of the characters. This then forces them to mold their own identity in order to conform with the rhetoric presented them. All but Cassius who seems to be the one who originally orchestrates the rhetoric involved. Shakespeare conveys power to sway a large population in only a few words. There are several different forms of power in the play, but the rhetoric was the most powerful as I saw. Out of all the characters in Julius Caesar he was the one who demonstrated the most power. The rhetoric can be defined in four different ways in the play, first because the way Caesar shaped the rhetoric was a theme in the play, next the power of speech and how it lead to his failure, third how the power of speech lead the conspirators downfall, and finally, how the ability of words caused the struggle in Rome. One of the reasons that Caesar had all this power is because he used his power over words. What I noticed in the first scene of the play is that Caesar had the people on his side which made them all obedient except for a few. Murellus and Flavius were against Caesar’s power the whole time and asked the masses why they were outside but then the found out that Caesar was in power and are furious. “What, know you not, Being mechanical, you ought not walk Upon a …show more content…

Most of the indians have drinking and drug problems which these problems are basic personal problems that they have. In the stories the characters will often be in one place out of the ordinary, after that they will be transported back in time to one distinct memory. This sort of thing works in these stories because, it reminds me of how our minds work. It makes me think about how people are not always there. In class sometimes I stare off into space as most people probably do because they are thinking about things. Our dreams and memories drift in and out of our minds throughout the day, and I believe this is what Alexie is trying to demonstrate with the characters in the various stories because it makes them seem more real and it makes the stories seem like they are coming to life. If Alexie did not reply on this rhetoric strategy the characters would collapse and be dull, but the characters is what gives the story life. In the stories the characters go through several dilemmas such as in the first chapter families fighting with each other, substance abuse as well as detestable living conditions. When they search for “something” it lead many of the characters in his book to imagine, desire, and look for something that they did not already have, and to

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