Oh What A Beautiful Mobin Analysis

In Sherman Alexie’s novel The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven shows the struggles of daily Native American life, which is shown through the point of view of male character. All though out the book the following three questions appear: ‘What does it mean to live as an Indian in this time? What does it mean to be an Indian man? and What does it mean to live on an Indian reservation?’ Alexie uses literary devices such as point of view, imagery, characterization to make his point that the conflict of being an Indian in the U.S. in these short stories using the following short stories “An Indian Education” and “Amusement”. “An Indian Education” uses both imagery and characterization to show us what the narrator is

The movie, filmed in 2007, depicts the lives of the Sioux Indians as if they were not a people that mattered. In the movie, they say, “the Indians lived like the poorest of whites.” They were pushed around and told repeatedly they could not stay on their own land. This was due to the Westward Expansion in the United States at the time. By 1876, most of the American Indians had already been forcibly relocated to reservation land. Red Cloud, a Sioux leader, settled with some of his tribe on the Sioux Reservation of the Dakota Territory and took the aid of the US government. When this happened, other Sioux leaders, such as Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse, saw it as a surrender. These leaders refused to assimilate and went on to live life in their traditional way. Unfortunately, this all changed when the US found gold on Sioux land in the Black Hills. The movie tells the story of the Sioux Indians fight to try to remain in control of their own lives and stay on their own land. Then when they no longer can, the movie shows their path to surrendering to the whites and assimilating into the American culture.

One thing that it looks at is land allotments that the Indians would receive for moving west. Many of the Indians would receive “320 acres if it was a single family selling or 640 acres to ninety chiefs in the Creek nation” . Many Native Americans took the agreement for these lands that were west of the Mississippi. But soon trouble started. Some of the land companies forced Indians to sell their land even if the Indians didn’t want to move west. Other companies would pay Indians to pretend they were someone else so the companies could claim the land of an Indian who didn’t want to move. Sometimes white settlers would come onto the land they had bought before the actually time they were allotted. During this process many people were cheated out of their land and received very little compensation for their moving west

It talked about the way the Sioux were treated and what the government did. “Three Stars Crook were prowling the country north and west of the Black Hills killing indians wherever they could be found.” is an example of what the government did when they killed the Indians. Miners crossing their land shows how the Sioux were treated because the government tried to take the gold even though they are the ones that said the Black Hills were off-limits.

2. The central theme in the novel Reservation Blues, tells the story of several Native Americans who start a band on an Indian Reservation near Spokane Washington. The band encounters many allies and adversaries along the way, but sometimes it is difficult to tell who genuinely wants to help the band and who wants to take something from them. Victor and Junior have been friends all their life and for as long as they can remember, they have enjoyed picking on Thomas. Nevertheless, Thomas asks Victor to become the lead guitarist and Junior to become the

The Narrative was a very interesting Article explaining the Trail of Tears through the point of view of a white privileged soldier. He first explain his personal relationship with the Cherokee how his relationship with then connected him to the atrocity. This also falls into comparison with the ideological mindset of Eurocentric soldier this one different soldier was purposely used within the context of the narrative to appeal to the reader’s moral and ironic symbolism of what the soldier meant. He explained the events taking place post extraction because he was the messenger in which they spoke from, with having talent of speaking to them in their native tongue, witnessed the doom of the Native Cherokee Indians being taken from the village and into the Trail of Tears. He then slants the entirety of his narrative by expanding the psychotic images he saw since he was so close to the Indians he understood the true horror of the incident. So this article

In the book, there are two key characters who particularly value the old oral traditions, Thomas and Samuel. In many ways, they represent the struggles within Native American communities to keep traditions alive. In the novel, the majority of the younger generations aren't interested in listening to traditional stories but the ones who are, are often made fun of or left behind. Even though the other boys make fun of Thomas and tell him to stop telling his stories he doesn't listen and continues to tell stories. This shows that

The “white man” made the Indians lose hope for their land future. The film said that the Indians’ land was important to them. Leaving their land is leaving what connects them to their family, livestock, and culture which to them is like losing their soul. This is a relatable idea because leaving an area that you grew up in is difficult for most. In today society, people being forced to relocate is typically seen in response to natural disasters like fires or hurricanes. When people having to relocate because a fire is coming toward their home, it is hard for them to leave especially knowing that there is a possibility that they will never return. The documentary has certain scenes where they will have a photo slideshow of the Indians with music in the background. These scenes are meant to produce a reaction out of the audience. The documentary basically ends with a cliffhanger by ending with the idea that the Indians will fight for their land. Filmmakers should have included what happened with the land in the end credits or at least had a scene that portrays the result. From watching the documentary, I learned that the Indians were treated unfairly by the

Just to recap on the story, a homeless Indian man living in a big city trying to be the hero by gaining back possession of his family heirloom. Throughout his journey in the city of Seattle Washington he comes across many Indian and city natives to help him come up with the funds the pawn shop order ask of him. Because of his homelessness and being in a big city made the challenges that much harder along with him being a drunk. I feel that if he had put the setting of his story on the reservation that he belongs to, the outcome would not have been as good of a story. The reader could not relate to the character unless they were part of the Indian tribe, but since he places the story in a populated area, a relatable scenery, I can read along with Jackson and walk right along beside him looking at the train tracks where he was awakened by the officer, I feel like I was in the bar with him with all his cousins.

Maps such as the map of the “Southern Campaigns of the War of 1812”, where the U.S army appears to be fighting all by themselves, are testament to how much Indians are neglected. In reality, Indian had great power and influence, whether in trade or wars, just like Chief, who is a big man. Chief was ignored by other people in the same way Indians are in American history. It could be possible that the movie was trying to protest against the lack of attention for Indians in contemporary American history

Unlike the image that Turner represents in his Frontier Thesis, Native Americans played a large role in the formation of America 's history. Turner continuously undermines their presence, referring to them mostly in passing and never giving their race much credit. When discussing the presence of different animals and people on the frontier, he ranks them only one step above animals, saying “watch the procession of civilization marching single file – the buffalo following the trail to the salt springs, the Indian, the fur-trader and hunter, the cattle-raiser, the pioneer farmer – and the frontier has passed by.” In saying this, Turner is conveying the imagery that Indians are altogether their own species, not quite animals but neither human enough to be included in what he would consider the presence of man.

Some of the symbolism used by Alexie are subtle enough that the readers may have to read between the lines, but each symbol used represents a bigger issues within the Indian Reservations. The first use of symbolism that I noticed as I read this collection, can be found within the title The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven. “The Lone Ranger”, I believe, refers to a Western television show that used stereotypes in order to portray Native Americans. More often than not, children want to be the cowboys when engaging in the game “Cowboys and Indians”, because it is always portrayed on television as being the winning side in any conflict that occurs between the two groups of people. A story that demonstrates a usage of typical Native American stereotypes is “Crazy Horse Dreams”, in which a woman is looking for the perfect “Crazy Horse Indian” to sleep with so that she may connect to her beloved Indian roots. However, due to the stereotypes she let herself believe she never really finds this type of Indian and instead settles for Victor who at one point tells her, in reference to wanting to connect to her Indian roots, that “You’re nothing important… You’re just another goddamned Indian like me” (pg. 41). As the stories progress we see the usage of stereotypes via the Indians and the shows they watch on television such as “The Brady Bunch”, and the lack of interest the Native Americans have in conforming to the Western

One of the themes used in the book is of racism towards the Natives. An example used in the book is of Edward Sheriff Curtis who was a photographer of 1900s. Curtis was interested in taking pictures of Native people, but not just any Native person. “Curtis was looking for the literary Indian, the dying Indian, the imaginative construct” (King, 2003; pp. 34). He used many accessories to dress up people up “who did not look as the Indian was supposed to look” (King, 2003; pp.34). He judged people based on his own assumptions without any knowledge of the group and their practices. Curtis reduced the identity of the Native Americans to a single iconic quintessential image of what Native meant to white society. The idea related to the image of this group of people during the 1900s consisted of racism in terms of the “real looking Indian”. This is not

American Indian life in the present time can be characterized as one big melting pot. Some societies try to preserve their own identity, while other groups came together in some way and brought their cultures together. A lot of what is known about their music has come from the past century when technological advancements were just beginning to take place. It was also during this period of time that there was a lot of turmoil between the whites. It was obvious that each tribe had its own musical identity, whether it dealt with style, uses of, or ideas of what music was. At that time there were thousands of groups, all speaking their own language, and each had several songs to accompany ceremonies, dances, and to divide society. Anthropologists have put them into categories according to their ways of life.

John Wayne may be one of the most widely recognized figures of the Midwest. That time of high noon gun duels, free men, and most importantly, massive conflict with Native Americans. The use of John Wayne as a central plot point helps to immediately pull the reader into understanding the deep analogy and purpose of the poem. “Dear John Wayne” represents the deep struggle Native Americans faced (and continue to face) throughout the bulk of American history. For instance, the begging of the poem describes moviegoers preparing for the night with “Slow-burning spirals” in hopes of discouraging the mosquitoes from attacking them, most likely representing the native Americans trying to keep settlers at bay. Thereafter, the following stanzas represent