Sunday, March 21, 2010
Sherman Alexie, How to Write the Great American Indian Novel
This was very similar to "How to Play an Indian". It was literally making fun of Indians and there associations with the white man. I liked the final statement of this piece: "In the Great American Indian novel, when it is finally written, all of the white people will be Indians and all the Indians will be ghosts". I thought it was powerful. I think it meant that by the time the book is written there will be very few Indians left so they will be like "ghosts". Any other ideas?
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i agree with what ur saying about the ghosts. this talked about all of the stereotypes and it is powerful how it talks about the Indians being gone when the book is done.
ReplyDeleteI also thought it was a lot like How to play an Indian. The entire time I was reading it I was thinking about that. I agree too about the last line I took it as he was saying at the end all the "true" Indians will be dead or not important.
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