The Rez Sisters

injustice done to them. This paper gives an insight into the lives of the Aboriginal people of Canada that have been marginalized from the mainstream Canadian society. A Postcolonial study of the Native Cree Canadian Playwright Tomson Highway’s The Rez Sisters

being punished for that” (173). He carried the guilt of his sister’s death; “I had killed my sister. Well, I hadn’t killed her. But she only got married so quickly and left the Rez because I had left the Rez first. She had burned to death because I had decided that I wanted to spend my life with white people. It was all my fault” (211). He took on the burden of responsibility for the death of his sister; she was killed in an accident when she was drunk; what happened to her wasn’t Junior’s fault

Arnold leaves the Rez not solely based on his disdain for crusty geometry books, but to escape poverty and find hope. Reardan is an all-white high school full of success: the complete opposite of the Rez. The message relayed throughout the book is multiple worlds exist inside a single world. Despite being twenty-two miles apart, the Rez and Reardan equally influence Arnold’s newfound identity. Arnold's

Alcohol has always been one of the most profitable industries in the business world. More than $400 billion worth of alcohol purchased in the US alone in 2013 according to an economic website. Alcohol is a common figure where it can be easily spot in every household to grand restaurants, however, it is a huge factor contributed to the death rate each year. It has ruined an innumerable number of people lives due to excessive drinking or affect by an alcoholic person. In his book, “The Absolutely True

Alexie, a 14 year old boy named, Junior that belongs to a native tribe and lives on a place called the Rez. He is not treated kind on the Rez because he has water in the brain, which makes his head overly large. His was made fun of because of his head. He soon wants to leave because he was not getting anywhere in the Rez and Mr. P told him to get off of the Rez somehow. Mr.P tells Junior that his sister had a dream“She always wanted to be a writer” (33 online). He want to leave because he want to save

The first quote, “I draw all the time. I draw cartoons of my mother and father: my sister and grandmother; my best friend, Rowdy; and everybody else on the Rez” (5), is spoken by Junior, the main character. Junior is a boy who was born with brain damage, his full name is Arnold Spirit Jr. Junior loved drawing comic books and drew them all about his parents, Arnold Spirit Sr. and Agnes Adams Spirit; his sister, Mary; his Grandmother; and his best friend, Rowdy. Junior thought that words and language

Do you ever judge yourself? Junior Spirit is a teenage boy that lives on the rez. On the rez he’s known as Junior Spirit, but off the rez he’s known as Arnold Spirit.The book “The True Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” by Sherman Alexie describes this young male from a poor boy with no hope to a great young man who thinks great about himself as well as others. This book has many examples on how your life is controlled by you. Junior shows a series of self decisions he makes throughout

 decrease in a person’s life. A individual  can acquire personal fulfillment through family, friends, exposure and environment. The Rez  Sisters is  a  play written by Tomson Highway. Readers are introduced to seven extravagant  characters,  all  of  whom  are  residents  of  Wasaychigan  Hill  Indian  Reserve,  in  Manitoba  Island,  Ontario.  These  seven  characters  are  sisters,  half­sisters,   a

lack of opportunities and resources in his rez. His frustration crosses the limit when he sees his mother’s name on the geometry book; he was reading a book that is at least thirty years old. Then, Junior decides to fight back. He knew he had to do something, but he just needed a push. He gets the push he needed from his geometry teacher, Mr. P, whom he threw the geometry book at. Mr. P motivates Junior that he cannot give up like everyone else in the rez; he tells him to go somewhere else where he

Juniors sister (Mary) who looks like Jennifer Lopez and has acne scars that make her look tough and pretty at the same time and didn’t do nothing except live in the basement and watch TV for several years. Mary left with her boyfriend to live somewhere else because when Junior left the rez, she looked up and because of this she followed his bad example and choose to leave the rez. Mary married an indian guy who played cards whom she has only