Reservation Blues Analytic Essay - Asian American Literature

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Reservation Blues Analytic Essay, Asian American Literature, colonization, Patrick Wolfe, Reservation Blues

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Different cultures around the world seem to intertwine in various aspects including ethical practices and unethical practices such as settler colonization. The key differences context, region, and races involved. This assertion is clearly depicted in a book and article analyzed in this paper. The paper analyses settler colonization in the book, Reservation Blues by Sherman Alexie and compares the thematic contexts to that depicted in the article Settler colonialism and the elimination of the native by Patrick Wolfe.

Typically, not many travelers who come through the same reservation, although a black man known as Robert, supposedly sells his soul to Thomas, who is highly regarded as a gentleman
Generally, the book, "Reservation Blues" goes beyond being a comical story regarding the hardship of everyday life of many young Americans
The author of the article describes the oppression of Indians by European settlers, showing their deprivation of land. To them, the land was a source of life
Even with the wholesale exploration like North America or Australia, the outcomes of the settler colonialism of genocide are not evenly manifested
The mere existence of a reserve in Alexie's story indicates oppression of the minority in the society by the superior races
Colonialism and Genocide have both physical and psychological effects. They instill fear in people
The racial discrimination in the two literature works brings out inequality and the level of hatred that one race can have towards another

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[...] Generally, the book, “Reservation Blues,” goes beyond being a comical story regarding the hardship of everyday life of many young Americans, though in the context of the characters presented. The book presents these hardships based on the young Americans wishing to start a band. The article seems to reflect the same aspects by bringing out topics like settler colonialism as well as genocide, which also reflect what is brought out in the book. Essentially, the book depicts the story of the modern day struggles in terms of the way the Americans face hardships. [...]

[...] Reservation blues. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press Alexie, Sherman. Reservation blues. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press Wolfe, Peter. "Settler colonialism and the elimination of the native." Journal of Genocide Research, Volume Issue 2006: 387-409. Wolfe, Peter. "Settler colonialism and the elimination of the native." Journal of Genocide Research, Volume Issue 2006: 387-409. Wolfe, Peter. "Settler colonialism and the elimination of the native." Journal of Genocide Research, Volume Issue 2006: 387. Alexie, Sherman. Reservation blues. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press Wolfe, Peter. [...]

[...] "Settler colonialism and the elimination of the native." Journal of Genocide Research, Volume Issue 2006: 387-409. Wolfe, Peter. "Settler colonialism and the elimination of the native." Journal of Genocide Research, Volume Issue 2006: 387-409. Alexie, Sherman. Reservation blues. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press Wolfe, Peter. "Settler colonialism and the elimination of the native." Journal of Genocide Research, Volume Issue 2006: 387-409. Wolfe, Peter. "Settler colonialism and the elimination of the native." Journal of Genocide Research, Volume Issue 2006: 387-409. [...]

[...] Alexie depicts this through his sadness and lack of hope. He notes, through Thomas Builds- the-Fire, that no one in the reserve seems to believe in anything. This notion does not represent the traditional Indian, who was known to be highly religious. There is some form of cultural murder in the reserves, leaving the Indians hopeless and withdrawn. Colonialism and Genocide have both physical and psychological effects. They instill fear in people. Wolfe notes this concept with the withdrawal of the Indians to their dens. [...]

[...] By Indian and White. But I know this isn't true. The world is only broken into two tribes: the people who are assholes and the people who are The black people also face severe discrimination and settler colonization in the article by Wolfe whereby, “Black people were racialized as slaves; slavery constituted their blackness.”[10] The racial discrimination in the two literature works brings out inequality and the level of hatred that one race can have towards another. Black people and Indians are among other tribes that face racial discrimination in the United States. [...]

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