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2 comments:
I chose Sherman Alexie because of the crude humor. If you are going to choose Sherman Alexie I advise that you read The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven, Ten Little Indians, and some other book or short story collection. I say some other book or short story collection because I chose to read Flight as my third source and it made it difficult to make a theme that would connect it to the other sources. I heard that Indian Killer is easier to connect to the other two sources. If you don’t like crude humor don’t choose Sherman Alexie because it occurs in all his literature. His literature is fairly short so if you are looking for something less time consuming to read, choose him. Another book by him is The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian.
I chose Sherman Alexie because he has a fairly modern style of writing that incorporates humor, sometimes crude in nature. Alexie writes about modern day Native Americans who commonly live on or near the Spokane Indian Reservation in Spokane, Washington. His literature is happy and funny, yet depressing and hopeless. The books I read by Sherman Alexie are Indian Killer, Ten Little Indians, and The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven. Ten Little Indians and The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven are collections of short stories, while Indian Killer is a novel. It was not difficult to see reoccurring themes that relate to each other in each of these books and the books were at a reasonable level of difficulty. Despite his humor, Alexie uses themes that are deep and thoughtful, which can especially be seen in Indian Killer. Other books by Sherman Alexie include Flight and Reservation Blues. I would definitely recommend Sherman Alexie as an author not just for this project but for free reading as well.
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