(855) 4-ESSAYS

Type a new keyword(s) and press Enter to search

The Rez Sisters

            
             We have all experienced the many challenges life has to offer us, sometimes we over come them by climbing over the mountain and other times we take the long way around. Neither way is the path smooth and straight each has its bumps and curves. As humans we try to fix these bumps and curves with objects which we deam to be important and significant. Money is commonly defined as the key to happiness and as the most important part of the "American Dream". Bingo offered these women happiness, a new life where all their wants, needs and dreams could come true. .
             In the play Pelajia states "everyone here's crazy. No jobs. Nothing to do but drink and screw each other's wives and husbands and forget about our Nanabush .My old man has to go hundred miles to Espanola just to get a job. My boys gone to Toronto. Only place educated Indian boys find decent jobs these days. And here I sit all broken hearted. Paid a dime and only farted." Spirituality is very important to all native women, it brings them luck if everything is done correctly and if not they believe they will be punished. Bingo is a place where mostly women went to have a night out away from the troubles and worries in their lives and to have a chance to win enough money to change their lives for the better and give them hope.
             The bingo was held in the city of Toronto which ironically is where two of the seven wanted or needed to go. Each woman was looking for a way out of their depressing lives and memories for greener pasture but were all too scared to take the road alone. This is shown by Philomena Moosetail continually asking and begging Annie Cook to come with her to bingo and Pelajia Patchnose continually stating she wanted something else to be in Toronto. These seven women showed a lot of unity, not only to raise the money for the trip together but also to listen and care for each other. Each one of them opened up and shared their most painful secret during their trip.


Essays Related to The Rez Sisters

1. The Role of A Trickster and It

... Use In The Rez Sisters The trickster figure in native mythology has many different roles and characteristics, which Tomson Highway demonstrates in his play The Rez Sisters. Being so ambiguous, the trickster is made up of various qualities, which are often contradicting. One of Nanabush's roles Highway uses in the play is preparing Marie-Adele for death. Nanabush, being a trickster, makes fun of the women and ... time "Nanabush goes through agonizing contortions" (Rez, 48). Highway is using Nanabush to copy the audience's reaction to Zhaboonigan's tale. Alan Filewood considers this to be...

  • Word Count: 871
  • Approx Pages: 3
  • Has Bibliography
  • Grade Level: High School

2. The Rez Sister

... study at high school. The approach is based on the belief that, light or profound, drama is one of the great pleasures of life and a good way to enjoy it, is to make it! Therefore, dramatic productions provide opportunities for expressing ideas and issues to perform on stage. Tomson Highway has a very successful record of plays such as "The Rez Sisters", "Dry Lips Oughta ... Move to Kapuskasing", "Rose" and "The Incredible Adventures of Mary Jane Mosquito" about the Native people, especially "The Rez Sisters". The author succeeds in a wide range of extra-curricular activities to send a m...

  • Word Count: 586
  • Approx Pages: 2
  • Grade Level: High School

3. Tomson Highway and Michel Tremblay

... total independence from Great Britain. Many people tried to define what exactly Canadian identity is, and explore Canadian roots. We haven't really found a clear-cut definition, but many people around the world, view us as a multicultural nation (we are very proud of that). That is what being a Canadian is all about, accepting multiculturalism and diversity, all of us combining our ... different backgrounds. Highway is a native Canadian, and Tremblay is a French-Canadian. Both of the authors express their experiences in finding a place in Canada's society in two greatly constructed play...

  • Word Count: 268
  • Approx Pages: 1
  • Grade Level: Undergraduate

Got a writing question? Ask our professional writer!
Submit My Question