Sherman Alexies poems are based around his life as it was and is rather than what he wishes it was or could have been. ... Identity crisis, poverty, hunger, alcoholism, sexual frustration; all of these are issues which plague Alexie in his childhood and early adulthood. ... Shermans father drank, and so did Thomas", Juniors, and Chess and Checkers fathers. ... (Alexie, 82) Alexie relates a Native American awards banquet in his book, One Stick Song, " speaker after speaker extolled the virtues of all the highly successful Indian men .brave, intelligent, loving, and respectful leaders .warriors ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In the work called The Farm by Sherman Alexie, there is one of the main characters named Agnes, and throughout this work, you can see Agnes try to find the good in the situation but is overcome in the end by the bad around her. ... (Alexie 4) Agnes the waitress is first mentioned by Jonah, as he speaks about how every Indian remembers where they were when the cure for cancer was announced. ... " (Alexie 7) which points out that everyone is failing, everyone is falling into this numbness through this fight for using the Indians for their bone marrow. ... " (Alexie 7) This quote from...

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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. ...

• Word Count: 1337
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School