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Dilan Patel Prof Hamilton ENGL, 1301-72003 31 January 2022

Sherman Alexie: Indian Education Reading Literature 1. These headings indicate a passage of time by telling us what grade she in. This gives us an idea of what age she is, and I this is enough to indicate the passage of time to determine her age.

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The common incidents the narrator faces in each grade is the fact that he is an Indian American. “Hey, he said. “What’s that boy been drinking? I know all about these Indian kids. They start drinking real young.” (2) This tells us the narrator is experiencing a difficultly with underfunding and poverty at the reservation. The experiences at public school were bullying and, other negative stereotype.

3. The meaning of each statement is. 

“There is more than one way to starve.”

i)

This line tells us that the Indians on the reservation and the wealthier whites in the farm town where Alexie attends eighth grade are destitute and suffering in a variety of ways. Both whites and Indians are hungry but for different reasons. 

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Brotherhood does not always imply that folks who look like you or who share your ethnic or national origin will be your allies. 

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“Sharing dark skin doesn’t necessarily make two men brothers.”

“Believe me, everything looks like a noose if you stare at it long enough.” This line is a reference to the continued suffering of the Native American and Indian people whom practically think everything has the potential to become "a noose."(10)

Journal Entry This essay's "Postscript" section tells readers that most graduates from the American Indian reservation school do not leave the reservation. The location of their weekly "reunions" is a pub is reflective of the unfortunate prevalence of alcoholism within Native American communities. This information is not surprising given the rest of the story; Alexie mentions many incidents that indicate the poverty and grief that underscores the lives of many Native Americans, and this sense of powerlessness is not easy to transcend....