Two people who had to work hard to overcome their difficulties were Amy Tan, the author of "Mother Tongue"" and Sherman Alexie, author of "The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me". ... Even though both Tan and Alexie had similar obstacles, Alexie's obstacles were harder to face. ... Alexie learn to read with a Superman comic book. ... Just like Tan, Sherman Alexie had to face a similar experience, but as an Indian wanting to refuse to fail in school. ... Amy Tan and Sherman Alexie having two different backgrounds had the same goals to become writers. ...

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Furthermore, Sherman Alexie is a person with high EQ. ... "As a native American, I want to hate this country and it's contradictionsHere in Seattle, I exist" (Alexie 329). ... Sherman Alexie accustomed to use his high EQ for people without showing them his dissatisfaction. 3. ...

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In the book Reservation Blues by Sherman Alexie the issue of hunger is so prominent it is impossible to ignore. ... Alexie writes of the Trading Post, " Its shelves were stocked with reservation staples: Diet Pepsi, Spam, Wonder bread- (12). ... Alexie writes, " Thomas was hungry on a reservation where there ninety-seven different ways to say fry bread." (47). ... Alexie writes of Thomas's stories, "Thomas Builds-the-Fire's stories climbed into your clothes likes sand ... Alexie writes of Victor, " Thomas was not surprised by Victor's sudden violence. ...

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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is a novel was written by the narrator Sherman Alexie, which was talking about his life in the reservation and his transfer from his reservation high school in Wellpinit to the well-off white high school in Reardan that was 22 miles away from his reservation. ... In conclusion, by mentioning some good characteristics as helping, protecting people, giving a sincerity advice, tolerance, and forgive-ness, we could see that Alexie had portrayed grandmother spirit and Mr. ...

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The theme i have chosen is evident the text "The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part-Time Indian", written by Sherman Alexie, the short story "The Whale", by Witi Ihimaera. ... The book "The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part-Time Indian" written by Sherman Alexie, puts the reader in the life of Arnold Spirit. ... Sherman Alexie wants us to understand that it is important that we find a society or culture where we are excepted for who we are so we do not feel desolate in the world. ... Witi Ihimaera wants the reader to be more like Arnold Spirit from Sherman Alexie'...

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``Smoke Signals'' was written by Sherman Alexie, based on his book ``The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven.'' ... New York Times: Janet Maslim Victor Joseph (Adam Beach) and Thomas Builds-the-Fire (Evan Adams) are Coeur d'Alene Indians living in Idaho, characters drawn by Sherman Alexie from his sharply etched, mordant book of stories, "The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven." Lighter and less bittersweet on screen, and adapted by Alexie into a splendid screenplay, these tales describe a contemporary American Indian culture coming to terms with i...

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The Native Americans" Genocide In the novel, The Lone Ranger Tonto Fistfight in Heaven (LRT), Sherman Alexie not only depicted the struggles of the Native American Indians on a Spokane Indian Reservation, but he also tried to weave in their harsh past and unpredictable future. ... For example, Sherman Alexie described junior high girls throwing up their lunch in the bathrooms and, "[grew] skinny from self-pity" (177). ... Since a hurricane could not have happened during this fight, Alexie describes this fight in such a way because he wants to convey a message of going against ...

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If that is true, then that point was definitely shattered by Sherman Alexie. Alexie is the author of Reservation Blues, and with his aid, his book was turned into a movie which was called Smoke Signals. ... (Alexie 288-290) Even though the theme varied just a bit, the main idea of abandon is still there with Reservation Blues and Smoke Signals. ...

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In the Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie is about a high school freshman named Junior who decides to go to school off of his reservation. As the novel goes on many inappropriate topics are discussed that many parents disagree with. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Tim...

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In the short story "This is what it means to say Phoenix, Arizona" the author Sherman Alexie reveals the core of community. The author shows that no matter how much we want to be self-reliant, no one is truly alone. The characters give and receive assistance from others, who give out of a sense of...

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Mary Sprit is the sister of Arnold, the main character in "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian," written by Sherman Alexie. People who had never left the Indian reservation or achieved their goals surrounded Mary, a character that had lost hope; scared and shy of pursuing her dreams of b...

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Common Ground When you hear the word Indian, what first comes to your mind? Many people's thoughts will be similar in response: tomahawks, headdresses and tee pees. When a comparison is made between Indians and the white man, the common thought is that both groups would have nothing in common. ...

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