Christina Hoffecker
English 102--066
April 8, 2008SWA 10
I have decided to use “The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven” by Sherman Alexie. In this story, there are many cultural and historic aspects. The culture that is specifically talked about is one that as a society, we have somewhat overlooked. The speaker is a Native American living in Washington state recalling his life as the challenges he was faced with. He pulls in the racial and ethnic discrimination that was shown towards him and people of similar race into the story. There is also the mention of the land rewarded to the Indians in the 1900’s which clearly adds to the historical influences. I am not at all familiar with Native American culture. Although, even with this being said, I plan to argue that the speaker in this story has a distorted view on how Native American’s fit into today’s society.