1. Reservation Blues by Sherman Alexie
... white men came" thus Grassian stating that "the blues originated with the colonization of the land and its people".3 The lyrics of the first song Reservation Blues (chapter one) also refers to economic and social disadvantages Native Americans faced. The opening line emphasizes (assuming that in accordance with Blues musical lyrics, 'dancing' often was a euphemism for sex ... ) the loneliness as felt by Native Americans as a result of fractured family and community life on the Reservations (not one of the main characters has grown up through functional happy childhoods, Victor being...
- Word Count: 2551
- Approx Pages: 10
- Has Bibliography
- Grade Level: Undergraduate