Sherman Alexie Essay

Sherman Alexie is a popular author and poet who uses his work to evoke emotions. He uses his literature to express his identity of being both Native American and Caucasian. All of his work uses personal experiences and feelings so that you can almost personally sense the pain and struggle Alexie has felt. He grew up on a reservation with a father that wasn’t around very much. Many of his works deal with ignorance, loss and acceptance and the want he has had in the majority of his life. In his interview

Sherman Alexie’s choice to create a main character that is disadvantage in multiple ways is brilliant because it can relate to a larger audience, because many people have different disadvantages so it appeals to them. He characterizes Junior (the main character) by using many forms of figurative language. For example one disadvantage Junior has is that he has a disability that he was born with. For instance in the text it states, “I have all sorts of physical problems that are directly the result

The Education of a Poet” by Sherman Alexie, he shares his personal story of how he became a poetic writer. After reading his essay, Alexie striked me as a lighthearted, diligent, and honest individual in his writing. He is lighthearted because he shows the irony of his life and adds playfulness to the situations he’s encountered. Alexie is diligent because he prepared his poems for months before meeting his role model Joy Harjo. The last adjective that describes Alexie is honest. He knew his past

Smoke Signals written by Sherman Alexie and directed by Chris Eyre is a compelling story following the real problems of two modern day Native American men, Thomas and Victor. One fourth of July evening on the reservation, a house full of sleeping Native Americans caught on fire, and no one could find the cause. Thomas was saved by Victor’s father, but his parents perished in the fire. Ever since the fire, Victor’s father Arnold, has been abusive to his family and his alcoholism has gotten worse.

Sherman Alexie, author of Superman and Me, uses choice diction, syntax, and both literary and rhetorical devices to communicate to his audience the struggles he and many other Indian kids living on a reserve face in their education. The essay Superman and Me gives insight into what challenges children living on a reserve face during their education. Alexie talks about how he started learning to read and how though he was talented and in other cultures would’ve been praised for his intelligence

Can you really be a stranger at home? Junior from The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie seems to think so. This book is about a smart Indian child who realizes he has no shot of a good life if he stays on his Spokane reservation. To find hope and opportunity Junior, the main character, is urged to go to the rich all white high school, Reardan High School. While going between the reservation and school, Junior discovers who is he through overcoming many obstacles, meeting

Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie illustrates the lives of modern Native Americans on the Spokane Indian Reservation and their hardships, which include despair, alcoholism, and poverty. Tribal members hold high hopes for the young who have extraordinary talent while doubting that they will achieve success and watching them succumb to alcoholism. These stories, while sad and gloomy, are told with humor and wit, making the stories bearable to the reader. The grabbing title came to Alexie in a dream, in

Compare and Contrast Essay Frederick Douglass V. Sherman Alexie As a young child, we are given certain opportunities and guidance to expand our knowledge right off the bat when it comes to reading and writing. Going to school to get an education is what every parent aspires their child to do. Parents want the best for their children, to be accepted and to learn to their fullest extent just like every other child their age. However, there are many children and families who are not as privileged

Sherman Alexie, the author of “The Unauthorized Autobiography of Me” should be considered an authentic Native American and be put into a high school because he doesn’t use cliches or false representations, like the author N. Scott Momaday does, while writing about modern day events of being a Native American. It is very important to not use cliches in literature, and show Native Americans in a modern day perspective, because people who don’t know much about Native Americans may get the wrong idea

In the story of reservation blues by sherman alexie the opening chapter starts off with the literary device of foreshadowing. “ In the one hundred and eleven years since the creation of the spokane indian reservation in 1881, not one person, indian or otherwise, had arrived there by accident. Wellpinit, the only town the reservation, did not exist on most maps, so the black stranger surprised the whole tribe when he appeared with nothing more than the suit he wore and guitar slung over his back