Directions: Using the stories from class, your lecture notes, and handouts from class, craft well-developed responses to Five of the following questions. You should do your best to make sure that you have provided a detailed answer for each of the Five questions you have chosen and checked your responses for proofreading/editing errors.
Each response should be AT LEAST A PARAGRAPH.
Responses should be typed and edited.
Responses should address ALL components of the essay question/prompt.
Each response should be backed up with evidence/support from the stories in question.
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Respond the following questions from the two stories.
Sherman Alexie’s The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
- What is the role of storytelling in Alexie’s stories? What kind of authority do they have? What do you think the stories are saying about the difference between stories and “the truth” or stories and history?
- A good deal of Alexie’s stories take place in the past, either through Victor’s flashbacks or Thomas’s stories. What is the role of the past in these stories?
- Alexie’s stories often address the stereotype of the stoic and “real” Native American. What physical attributes are tied into this stereotype, and how to the characters in the stories reinforce or defy these stereotypes?
- How are traditional symbols of mainstream America (e.g. basketball , John Wayne) repurposed by Native Americans in Alexie’s stories?
Toni Morrison’s Beloved
- Beloved’s devotion to and fascination with Sethe takes the form of an insatiable desire for stories about Sethe’s past.What’s the significance of the story of Seth’s earrings and wedding dress? (pp.58-60) What does this reveal about Sethe’s character and the circumstances of her life?
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