For my group project, I would be very interested in doing option E. I would really like to focus on four or five different short stories from Sherman Alexie’s, “The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven”. I really enjoyed his style of writing and how he played with words in order to add humor to his stories. I would really like to write about Alexie’s use of his Indian culture and real life experiences.
Since Alexie’s main goal is to educate his readers as well as make them laugh, in my blog I will point out where and how Alexie uses humor and explain why he does this. I will also point out other topics in which he discusses in his different stories such as alcoholism, family issues, colonization and much more. I would really like readers of the site to get a true understanding of Indian culture as well as to try and forget about different stereotypes in which Americans have placed upon their culture and traditions. But doing this I believe I can help explain to others why Alexie uses humor to dicuss serious and very real topics in the Indian culture. I want to add different interviews and some of Alexie’s stand-up comedy to prove how his humor is a part of his every day life.
I hope someone would like to tackle this task with me. Also, I’ve done one of these group projects with Dr. R last quarter, so I know what he’s looking for! (And my group got an A) haha! =)
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I'd be really interested in doing Option E with you. I enjoyed Alexie's writing as well and would like to interpret it further so that other people can have a greater understanding of it. I'm not that great with web design but I will definitely try - let me know what you think!
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like an idea I can get behind. I thoroughly enjoyed reading LRTFH and think this project is a great way to show it.
ReplyDeleteI, too, am not great at web designing, but that's something we can do together.
What do you guys think?