The Pawnbroker

CHAPTER I THE PROBLEM AND THE BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY This chapter presents the Introduction, Background of the study, Statement of the problem, Objective of the study, Hypothesis of the study, Scope and Delimitation, Significance of the study, and the Definition of terms. INTRODUCTION Technology plays a vital role in business. Over the years businesses have become dependent on technology so much so that if we were to take away that technology virtually all business operations around the globe

entered the pawnshop and found his grandmother’s regalia. Since the pawnbroker wasn’t able to just give the regalia to him, they made a deal. In order to fulfill the deal, Jackson-Jackson had to gather nine hundred and ninety-nine dollars, and he has went through a lot of events within the twenty four hours before the deal expires. In the end, he wasn’t able to gather all the money that the pawnbroker told him to; however, the pawnbroker just gave Jackson-Jackson his grandmother’s regalia, and the story

Essay 1: “What You Pawn, I Will Redeem” Sherman Alexie’s "What you Pawn, I Will Redeem" appears on the surface to be a simply written story of a homeless, alcoholic Indian in Seattle who is trying to earn enough money to reclaim his grandmothers Pow Wow regalia from a local pawn shop. But upon looking closely, there are many symbolic passages that my lead a person to much deeper conclusions. Throughout the story there are many clues that hint at the fact that this quest may not have been real, but

took off and today there is an abundance of Holocaust related films that appear when one scrolls through movie streaming sites. The Pawnbroker (1964), directed by Sidney Lumet, is a perfect example of a film that deals with both the lasting effect of the Holocaust and the stereotyping of a multitude of characters. Exploring the Holocaust in media through The Pawnbroker and The Pawnbroker’s film techniques, serve as a prime example for not only how Holocaust survivors felt emotionally imprisoned, but

The low point of the story occurs when Jackson goes to a bar and buys everyone there shots of whiskey with the money he won from the scratch off ticket; he doesn’t know the people at the bar but says that “Indians like to belong, so we all pretended to be cousins” (Alexie). It is at this moment that Jackson hits bottom and it appears that he is not going to complete his quest. He is now at the stage of the Hero’s Journey where he “must survive a succession of trials” (Campbell 81) and “undertake

chronicles of the relationship between a pawnbroker and a girl that comes to his shop frequently. The pawnbroker in “A Gentle Creature,” is the main plot and character of the story. The setting of the story is inside of his pawn shop. The narrator of this story is a pawnbroker and the dilemma is that there is dead girl. The pawnbroker begins by having a flashback to be able to describe how everything got to the point of the girl’s death. In the beginning of the pawnbroker and his future wife’s relationship

hold on to his morality, he starts to develop a concept of Ubermensch in his mind. Raskolnikov justifies his future actions by many reasonings. Not only would the death of the pawnbroker bring him wealth but everyone would benefit from her death. In this quote, Raskolnikov overhears this conversation about wanting the pawnbrokers. This further convinced Raskolnikov that everyone including him would appreciate her death. Additionally, Raskolnikov explained the theory of Ubermensch. The concept of a individual

Sherman Alexie writes in his story, What You Pawn I Will Redeem about a homeless Salish Indian named Jackson Jackson. Alexie takes readers on Jackson’s journey to acquire enough money to purchase back his grandmother’s stolen powwow regalia. Throughout the story, Jackson’s relationships with other charters ultimately define his own character. Alexie, a well know Native American author tells an all too common tale of poverty and substance abuse in the Native American community through his character

idea through the use of characterization to show Jackson’s righteousness, the use of irony to differentiate the common Indian stereotypes from the main character and the use of symbolism of pawning to show the meaning of the story’s title and the pawnbroker. Sherman Alexie uses characterization to show how flawed but yet how hopeful one can be even with as little as 2.50$ in their pocket. At first, Jackson’s character is seen as lazy and illogical based on how he decides to spend the money he receives

to his friends as his “crew, teammates, defenders and posse” ("ENGL200: Composition and Literature" 88) and care for one another. Rose of Sharon and Junior are both like family to Jackson. Rose of Sharon comes to the defense of Jackson with the pawnbroker telling him “He’s the most honest Indian I know” ("ENGL200: Composition and Literature" 88) and Junior attempts to recall the tale of the stolen regalia before