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In the readings the narrators are from two different minority groups. They had two different experience on how people was treating them because of their ethnicity. In the first story” What You Pawn, I will Redeem”, was about an Indian guy that was trying to get something back that belong to his grandmother. He went through hell trying to get that his grandmother regalia. This regalia meant so much to him because he had a strong relationship with his grandmother. According to the reading,” I’d sell

Cultural Superiority The short story “What You Pawn I Will Redeem,” by Sherman Alexie, follows the wandering of Jackson Jackson as he attempts to earn back the regalia that once belonged to his grandmother. Throughout this journey, Jackson is faced with many challenges and decisions that eventually alter the outcome of events; especially considering that Jackson does not make the most out of the opportunities presented to him. Most readers would consider Jackson to be lazy and irresponsible. However

Literary Analysis Mary Hynes ENG125: Introduction to Literature What You Pawn I will Redeem Instructor: Theo Geier January 29, 2017 Jackson’s self worth changes throughout the story and he beings with the feelings of content with his personal situation and quest to find his grandmother’s regalia. Jackson also starts showing changes to that of being a very hard driven working man. Within this short story the author Sherman Alexie has it taking place in Seattle and it is about a homeless

Ophelia’s Perpetual State as a Pawn Situated right in Act 4, Scene 7, Gertrude’s news of Ophelia’s death follows Claudius’s attempts to persuade Laertes into avenging Polonius’s death. The more immediate significance of Ophelia's death is how it lends even more fodder for Laertes’s vindication against Hamlet. However, Shakespeare uses Gertrude's monologue to more implicitly illustrate Ophelia's relationship with the rest of the nobility, particularly in her desire to meet its high standards and

The poem “Latin Night at the Pawn Shop” has a very weird but cool vibe to it. It is written by Martin Espada and was written in 1987. It gives us a description from when and where it was written. It is in Chelsea Massachusetts in 1987 and it takes place during Christmas time. It’s a short poem, but I was able to gather a lot of conclusions as to what the poem signifies. The poem starts off with Martin Espada walking by Liberty Loan pawnshop during Christmas time. He looks through the window, and

Primary source Alexie, S. (2003). What You Pawn I Will Redeem. NEW YORKER-NEW YORKERMAGAZINE INCORPORATED-, 168-177. The New York magazine first published the story in April 2003 featuring spiritualist Alexie holding modern sentiments on the neo-classical quest tale. The tale speaks of a man named Jackson who took on a journey to recover a family treasure that was stolen from his grandmother. The priceless object was dance regalia which were placed in a pawn shop after it were stolen. In his quest to

Sharon and Junior regularly. As they passed a pawn shop in Pike Place Market, Jackson noticed an item that looked like his grandmother's. He went in and asked the man to show him the powwow regalia, and immediately knew that it was his grandma's due to the yellow bead being sewn in to the other beads. Jackson Jackson, Rose of Sharon, and Junior set out to find a way to make enough money to buy back his grandmother's valued possession. In What You Pawn I Will Redeem, Jackson Jackson is used as a symbol

You Pawn I Will Redeem,” written by Sherman Alexie, the main character Jackson Jackson is a homeless Indian man with a goal to retrieve a thousand dollars in 24 hours to buy back a family heirloom that has been lost long ago. Even though his journey to get this money did not go as anticipated and he self-sabotaged throughout the entire story, Jackson always made sure he was kind to everyone in his path. Jackson’s kind spirit was more than important to the outcome of the story because the pawn shop

Jackson Jackson is sent on a quest to retrieve his beloved grandmother’s regalia in the short story, “What You Pawn I Will Redeem”. Instead of just calling the police to get the stolen regalia back from the pawn shop owner, Jackson wants to earn the thousand dollars to buy back the lost heirloom. Along the way, he is met with a few road blocks that try to stray Jackson from his true goal. Sherman Alexie succeeds at humanizing a Native American character through the use of stereotypes, while showing

We were dispatched to a pawn shop at 123 Main Street owned by Mr. Patty McRob. A female customer named Jessica was upset with a television set that she was sold on the previous Friday. Patty had a sign up in his store saying no refunds, well Jessica said Patty told her if it was not working and she returned it by Monday she could get refunded. Jessica paid fifty dollars for the television set. Patty wanted Jessica out of his store. I wrote down in my notebook that it was a business. Since it was