In the story Amusements there are some references to “Tricksters.” We learned in class about how a trickster is a person who exploits someone through childish acts. They are immature acts that harm someone and really do not benefit you from doing it except giving you entertainment at someone else’s expense. The […]
For a group work in class our group was assigned to read and discuss The Only Traffic Signal. This is a short story discussing the role of heroes on the reservation. They talk about Julius Windmaker who was the best basketball player around but then was involved with alcohol and it ruined his […]
We posed the question in class about how Sherman Alexie is the Hendrix of Native American literature after listening to Hendrix’s version of “The Star Spangled Banner.” In Hendrix’s version of “The Star Spangled Banner” it was like he gave it a twist to show the negative side of the country. I took […]
McMurphy and Ratched are continuously fighting over the power of the patients throughout this novel. Before McMurphy came to the ward Ratched had all the power she could have over the patients. They did exactly as she said at all times. When McMurphy arrived to the ward they all instantly knew that […]
In Blood Wedding marriage is one of the strong issues of the play. This marriage though is not the typical marriage you think of today in modern society. Today two people get married because they are in love and want to spend the rest of their lives together, as in Blood Wedding love […]
Chapter four is when Blanca and Pedro meet for the first time. It then seems as if it was love at first sight. They had an instant connection that they know will last forever even though they were of different social classes. Their relationship is then forbidden so they hide their […]
I liked the Lies game better than the Asteroids although I did not find much of a point to it. In the lies it was close to poetry in which a line would appear and then another line appeared later that related to it. It was like a short two line poem. […]
I did not like the Asteroids game at all. It did not tell you much yet alone you could barely read the words. This may be more interesting than reading a novel but there was not much for you to read or information for you to take in. It was neat that […]
We were introduced to two versions of the Corridos, a short story and a movie. I myself liked the short story better. The way in which the short story portrayed Gregorio Cortez was much more interesting to me.
In the short story Gregorio Cortez was more of a daring risk taker. He was […]
Within the novel of “Ceremony” there are short stories, or poems, scattered throughout the text. These stories, in my opinion, are very important to the story in which they are telling you more about Tayo. It was slightly difficult to understand the style of these […]