Exaggeration of Despair in Sherman Alexies Reservation Blues Essay

Exaggeration of desperation in Sherman Alexies qualification BluesGloria tinkers dam realizes that for generations Native Americans have had beverage problems, and she also realizes that it is difficult for native writers to accurately represent our communities without exploiting them.(G. Bird) However, Bird criticizes Alexie of embellishing or exaggerating the Native Americans despondency. Alexie cannot ignore the alcohol situation when describing Native American culture, however Alexie does not need to make alcoholism a common trace amongst almost every Indian on the reservation and other reservations. Birds statement concerning Alexies embellishment of Native American despair due to alcoholism is an accurate interpretation of Reservation Blues. In Reservation Blues, almost every Native American is an alcoholic. Two of the main characters, winner and Junior, spend all of their money on booze and get nitwitted on a regular basis. After the tavern had closed, Junior and maes tro climbed into the water truck and passed out.(p.24) It is reasonable for there to be a hardly a(prenominal) drunks, but Alexie introduces or makes references to too many Indians who either lost everything or their lives because of alcohol. When Thomas father Samuel is introduced he is drunk, and Alexie explains that this is normal, for Thomashad lost count of the tot of times hed saved his father Once, a month, he bailed his father out of jail for drunk and disorderly behavior.(p.95) Even though Thomas didnt drink,...