Seeing as we've gone over a variety of stories in our textual analysis class, I've decided to write my essay topic using the story "What You Pawn I Will Redeem" by Sherman Alexie. Inside, it carries such themes as generosity, redemption, and a love of a lost heritage. I also aim to discuss some of the humor in the story and how it helps to further the themes presented. Some historical content might be researched upon as well as this story refers to Native Americans.
Another part of the text that I find to interesting is how Jackson lives up to the stereotype of being a drunken, homeless Indian, yet this doesn't seem to bother him. He uses it to his advantage as he embarks on a kind of quest in order to regain his grandmother's ceremonial regalia. Some of the structural elements of the reading also help shape its affect such as using the stated times throughout the day in order to give the reader an idea of how fast or how slow the main character is progressing through the plot.
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