The Toughest Indian in the World, by Sherman Alexie

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: The Toughest Indian in the World

May 22 , 2008

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The Toughest Indian in the World

Sherman Alexie is a poet and a novelist and his works were presented on the side of white liberalism . The novel The Toughest Indian in the World ' is one of his brilliant works that demonstrates the stories about the Indians encompassing their street fighters , urban and reservation , husbands and wives . Alexie insisted that white people are complicated as the

novel combines the deft psychological realism with the narrative logic that can be found in dreams . The novel offers various themes as it denies the power to disturb . The story includes the world 's perspectives on various Native American characters that it assimilates the story of interracial couple who tried to wade on societal pressures and cultural differences in rediscovering their love for one another . The novel includes controversial subjects like sexuality and race and it is all presented in clear demonstrations

Theme of the Novel

The Toughest Indian in the World ' is a story with adult version of gender confusion , stereotypical behavior , and loneliness and it depicts the reaction of the protagonist as it strikes a note of reality . The story touches a great deal about prejudices and preconceptions . The story explores on the terrain of intimate relationships and reservation life without falling to sentimentality The novel blends the surreal situations and it focuses on the tensions between the whites and Indians in intimate relationships

Significance of the Novel

The novel covers the lives of the Indians in urban areas as they are considered as underrepresented population wherein most Native Americans grew up in reservations

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The novel reveals the real issue on Indian 's relationship to the country that was colonized . The novel is all about search for identity regardless of ethnicity as every immigrant is trying to find sense of belongingness . The novel highlights the struggles , issues on ethnic identity , and their sexuality . The story illustrates that Indians are indigenous to their country and in searching for their immigrant identity . The tension arises between the Indians and whites in the urban and Indians maintains their reservations . Significant numbers of Indians live in urban areas but nobody is writing about them . Most of the Native Americans grew on reservations and most of their works are all about reservation . Indian relationship with their country is one of the broken treaties and it raised issue about sovereignty . The novel encouraged Native Americans on how to present themselves as Indians to the whites and with the other Indians . The novel awakens most of the Native Americans as it depicts racial and cultural conflicts and most often cast in sexual relationships . It demonstrates how the Native Americans were affected by different racial and cultural backgrounds of men and women . The novel is a collection of short stories that uses stereotypes of modern Indians and...