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In the story "The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven" by Sherman Alexie, points out the hardships of being a Native American back in the 20th century. These hardships were racism, alcoholism, poverty and isolation. The story takes place in the reservation and it is about a young Native American whom struggles in society because of his skin color, family's addictions and fights. The narrator moves to Seattle with his white girlfriend who he seems to have an odd relationship because they are

the aspirations of her mother. The amount of pressure placed on her and her lack of success causes sadness in the main character since she was not able to perform the way her mother wanted. Similarly, the main character from “The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven” experiences a feeling of inferiority from the racial discrimination and lack of financial success in his life. In the story “Two Kinds” the Narrator does not want to become the prodigy her mother wishes her to be. The idea

How culture affects our views Today’s culture changes how we behave and act. The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven and A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings are excellent examples of this. For example, in The Lone Ranger the narrator is stopped by the police as they said “You’re making people nervous. You don’t fit the profile of the neighborhood." (Alexie). Like the narrator in The Lone Ranger both stores how someone’s culture affects the way they act and think. Our culture changes how we

Within “The Lone Ranger and Tonto in Heaven”, Victor is the main character of the stories in the book. Though his character, Victor was the young teenager who grows up in the Indian Reservation, and he is observing his society and struggle of the Indian Identity, alcoholic behavior, and family relationships. Sherman Alexie is the author 's of the book, and he grows up in the Spokane Indian Reservation in Washington. He also wrote books, poems, and movie scripts. In his writing, he is remembering

All over the world families are trying to fit in while still being apart of their true being. In each story, "an act of vengeance" by Isabel Allende, "two kinds" by Amy Tan, and "The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven" by Sherman Alexie, is connected through the different ethnicities, races, and cultures practiced by each set of characters within the stories. Each set of characters within the three stories are created with different background stories, but live with similar expectations

Based on the experiences and hardships of Native Americans in the United States, the stories featured in The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie display the escapades of Victor and a few others such as Junior and Thomas. The collection of tales shows various stereotypes of Native Americans that the author has identified with as aspects of his life such as drinking problems within families. One of the main focuses of the book as a whole that was present in almost every story

In “Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven” the main character faces many challenges living in Seattle. He is trying to live a normal life as an American but the community all seems to have a problem or they are afraid of him. He was forced to be the bad person around the area only because he was from a different ethnic background. Why should that matter? In this story stereotype and racism is big and people has to see how that can only affect an individual deeply. In the first paragraph of the

In the book “The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight In Heaven” written by Sherman Alexie, the reader follows a short story of an Indian man who finds himself in fiery fights with his girlfriend. The author uses the conflict between the Narrator and his girlfriend to show how the toxic relationships in the past between White people and Native Americans has damaged how he lives his everyday life. At the very beginning of the story, the girlfriend tells the Narrator “I don’t trust you... you get too angry”

Sherman Alexie’s book, The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven, focuses on life in Indian reservations and modern problems that Native Americans still face today. Through the characters that Alexie creates the reader sees how poorly the Native American communities are facing today and how Native Americans are trapped no matter where they go. One of the literary theories that allow us, as readers, to see how these problems arise is Postcolonialism. Postcolonialism is a literary theory that focuses

In Sherman Alexie’s, The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fist Fight in Heaven the author grabs the attention of the reader when he focuses on moments of racism and discrimination of Indian characters, these situations can be applicable to modern day American society. In the collection, Alexie depicts the life of several Indian’s lives, living on the Spokane Indian reservation many of whom face discrimination on a daily basis. The ideas behind the bigotry in the assortment of stories are backed by Alexie’s