Spokane Indian Banning

Banned books are a topic of controversy, especially Judy Blume’s Tiger Eyes. Through this novel we follow the journey of Davey Wexler, who tries to pick up the pieces and overcome her father's sudden and tragic death. Adam, her father, was killed in an armed robbery, and though the Wexler’s attempted to handle their grief independently, they were forced to live with their Aunt Bitsy and Uncle Walter. A book can be banned for a number of reasons, but overall the main cause is based off of opinions of what someone defines as controversial or explicit. But that isn’t very logical because we all have different standpoints and are all equally valid; so why should one opinion, or group of peoples deter you from

This essay is about the Spokane Indian Tribe. Do you know who is Spokane Indian? The Spokane Indian is the Interior Salish Group. What do they eat, how much their population is, what language do they speak, where do they lived, and what jobs they do, you are going to know about these things in this essay.

All things considered, a book of three-hundred pages is not going to change a high school student’s mind completely. . In “Sherman Alexie young-adult book banned in Idaho schools,” Alison Flood, writing for The Guardian, quotes a spokesperson Acacia O’Conner who states that “[l]ately there’s been a lot of talk in American school districts about choice and it centers almost exclusively on parents […]” Parents are the ones questioning the book not the students. The book isn’t intended for the parents. The lessons being taught are for high school students. They can find guidance in them and learn from Junior’s uplifting story. Of course the book doesn’t contain the best language, but it’s relatable in most cases. The book The Absolutely True Diary

How offensive can a book be to be challenged frequently by parents and school districts? From the “Banning” article: “Parents--a handful, really--In a Chicago school district raised concerns about “Part Time Indian” at a recent board meeting; they claimed that the subject matter of the book wasn’t appropriate for kids just entering high school.” The parents feel that his book is too vulgar for the reading of high school kids. The book has been noted for its cultural insensitivity, drugs/alcohol/smoking, gambling, and being sexually explicated. This is something that may not be appropriate for the reading of a high school kid, but I feel that the book should not be banned because of these issues.

Many books around the world have been banned because they are offensive. One example is Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, a novel about the journey of a thirteen-year-old boy named Huck, who fabricates his own death to run away with an escaped slave named Jim. The two voyage in a raft along the Mississippi River to gain their individual freedom. In addition, Huck gains a new understanding about humanity. Huck Finn has been creating great controversy on both sides of the argument: to ban or to keep in the school curriculum. Currently “much debate has surrounded Mark Twain’s Huck Finn since its publication in 1885, but none has been more pervasive, explosive, and divisive than that surrounding the issue on race”

Although some people think that The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn should be banned, it should not because in the book readers get to experience a character grow in morality and the book shows the history of the country but in a fictional way that is interesting to young readers. Banning books is doing a complete injustice to young students, who do not get the chance to read inspirational and historic books because of the heretics of people in their

I think that the absolutely true Diary of a Part-Time Indian book Made by Sherman alexie should be banned in High School's because it might give students the wrong idea to say if he/she heard a teacher is saying some of the word choices in the book. some students might think it is ok to copy what the teachers is saying, there for they that might think it is ok to say some of the word choices in this book.I understand that talking about racism and certain topic in school’s are widely taught and i think that it is good to be taught but to a certain extent which this book goes way past the limit. Which is absolutely unacceptable inside of school. Sherman alexie's book uses very inappropriate word choices and situations that are simply can

Many significant novels have unfortunately been challenged/ banned at a certain point in time. Most of these literary classics face this because some contain sexual references, religious intolerance, and inappropriate language. In some cases, books are being pulled off shelves because people believe that they were “tangibles of instruction” or the reason being was as a precaution towards a possible public attack which took effect in Tucson for the Mexican American Studies (source:8). Another case is the Mozert v. Hawkins County Board of Education; Christian sewed the board because they believed that the required textbooks hurt their beliefs (Source:8).

"I believe that books challenge and interrogate. They give us windows into the lives of others and give us mirrors so that we can better see ourselves. Ultimately if you have a worldview that can be undone by a novel, let me submit that the problem is not with the novel," states bestselling author John Green. According to the ALA, books are banned or challenged in order to protect others from "difficult ideas and information." Some more specific reasons are that parents find these books inappropriate for containing anti-family views, homosexuality, offensive language and sexually explicit scenes or

Throughout the novel, Alexie addresses the underlying theme of poverty by highlighting the extreme class differences between the story's two main settings: the Spokane Indian Reservation and the town of Reardan, Washington. The contrasting locations of a severely impoverished native American reservation and the upscale white community surrounding it are key factors in the development of Arnold’s identity; he attempts to escape the toxic culture of depression, alcoholism, and despair on the reservation by abandoning the poverty of his hometown and attending a white school which, upon first glance, seems full of optimism and opportunity. Arnold particularly emphasizes the poverty of the reservation by explicitly characterizing himself as, “...just

Until fairly recently the popular culture of American literature and film did not attempt to study the true representations of Indians in North America. Instead they chose to concentrate on the romanticized/savage version of Native people: which is an idealistic view of a Native with long, beautiful flowing hair riding on a horse obsessed with chanting and praying to the savageness of a rowdy, wild Native causing unnecessary mayhem to the white people. This portrayal of Native people in mass media had led to the stereotyping of Natives, which in turn had ricocheted into real life. Not only do non-natives succumb to these ideals, but Natives do as well.

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

Native American authors often share common themes that stem from life on reservations; these include poverty, violence, abuse, and alcoholism. Sherman Alexie, a Native American from Spokane, Washington, is not only one of these authors, but she may be the most successful and well-known Native American writer who contributes these themes. Alexie often made strong attempts to portray life as a Native American in her short stories in novels. For her, it was about depicting the Native American experience. she does just that in her short story collection, “The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven.” Alexie uses literary elements, such as themes, symbolism, and imagery to further aid her overall message of what life is like growing up and living on a reservation. These experiences, as she demonstrates, contrast sharply with those of white society, as they cannot fathom a similar culture.

In the novel we see the poor and deprive lifestyles most Native Americans endure, barely being

The book The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian, by Sherman Alexie, should not be banned from schools. Alexie’s novel is well written because it covers stereotypes, hope, and reality. Because of censorship schools want to ban this novel because people think it contains inappropriate content. Censorship has been increased from middle school to high school because high school students are more mature and understanding. Our current society is more accepting and more willing to see other perspectives on people’s creativity and positions in life. People today are more open-minded rather than close-minded. In some occasions, books can seem to be inappropriate for the parents, and the teachers do not want to receive complaints from the parents. There are various ways a teacher can get approval to lecture about a book that can cause conflict with the parent(s). Parents will be aware of what their children are learning in class. Censorship in high school is more of a fear of teachers getting into trouble for teaching the students conflicting ideas. There are many more reasons why Sherman’s book should be allowed to be taught in school, but these are only a few.