Native Americans in Sherman Alexie´s Work
Journal: Digitální knihovna Univerzity Pardubice (Univerzity Pardubice)
Year: 2012

The aim of this paper is to analyse two important novels Indian Killer and The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie. These works describe how difficult it has been for Native Americans to assimilate into mainstream American culture in light of the past hardships they have suffered and current difficult living conditions either on or off the reservation. &#13;\nThe point of this analysis is to show that Native Americans had to overcome many insurmountable obstacles after