In the poem, "The Amtrak from Boston to New York," by Sherman Alexie, the author introduces two characters from different walks of life, which are brought together on an Amtrak from Boston to New York. ... Alexie shows that the Native American's history is more of importance than the white woman's. Sherman Alexie uses imagery to identify the visual surroundings of where the poem is taken place. ... Sherman Alexie's "The Amtrak from Boston to New York," uses diction to identify speaker's internal and external conflict. ... Sherman Alexie's "Th...

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Two of the more prominent Native American authors in the last twenty years are Louise Erdrich and Sherman Alexie. ... However Erdrich and Alexie's depiction of characters is suggestive of the prevailing diversity about the Native American people and their culture. ... Alexie was born on the Spokane Indian Reservation in Washington. ... Some of Alexie's works include The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven (1993), Indian Killer (1996), and The Toughest Indian in the World (2000). Alexie's story This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix Arizona provided the basis for the film Smo...

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Sherman Alexie's novel, "Reservation Blues," depicts the struggles of Native Americans living on a reservation. Although the story focuses on the lives of a group of teenagers in a rock band, the novel still shows the hardships and setbacks of all the people living on the reservation. Because of the...

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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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One movie that is mostly referred to for people studying about Native American Cinema is Smoke Signals. The film is credited be the first movie that has been produced, directed, and even has actors of Native American origin. The creative brains behind such a masterpiece are its director (Chris Eyre...

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The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fist Fight In Heaven Defining exactly what shapes ethnic identity in the United States is the hardest question I can imagine being asked. As a child born in the United States, I find this question so difficult because I have been exposed to a large variety of cultures wit...

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