Sherman Alexie's book, The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven: "Every Little Hurricane," "What It Means To Say Phoenix, Arizona," and "The Trial of Thomas Builds-the-Fire." The focus is on the writing style of these stories, specifically, on Continue Reading...
Fighting the self in Sherman Alexie's "The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven"
Sherman Alexie's short story "The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven," relates the story of the narrator, an Indian who has left his reservation, who is adr Continue Reading...
Historical Pain Is Fused into ‘The Reservation Cab Driver’
The author of ‘The Reservation Cab Driver’, Sherman Alexie, has dedicated his life to writing poems, short stories, and novels. He has depicted characters who are livi Continue Reading...
Blues
The title of Sherman Alexie's first novel, Reservation Blues, sums up the two central themes that reverberate throughout the story: reservation life and the particular, peculiar status of blues music in American history and identity. The n Continue Reading...
Alexie, Victor, Thomas and Tonto
Alexie's experiences as a boy compare to those of Victor and Thomas each. It is as though Victor and Thomas are two alternate projections of Alexie's character: Victor represents the unhappy Indian, who is di Continue Reading...
Black Elk utilizes his visions to create understanding of nearly all things he is later exposed to. The discussion in closing will further illuminate his utilization of vision, to ask for help for his people in a time of crisis.
To discuss the vert Continue Reading...
Smoke Signals" directed by Chris Eyre
Released on video in June 1999 by Miramax films, Smoke Signals is the first full-length film that has been performed and directed by the American Indians. Smoke Signals is "from top to bottom, an American India Continue Reading...
Werewolf, Harrison Bergeron, and a Continuity of Parks
When considered together, seemingly disparate stories can sometimes actually serve to illuminate each other better than a discrete reading of any given text. With that in mind, this essay will e Continue Reading...