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Prompt #2: In some stories, characters come into conflict with the culture in which they live.

Often, a character feels alienated in his/her community or society due to race, gender, class or

ethnic background.

Working Thesis: Identity loss, internal conflict and the environment influenced Jackson internal

conflict dealing with his environment.

his decisions throughout the story

Alexie, S. (2003). What You Pawn I Will Redeem. New Yorker-New Yorker

What You Pawn I Will Redeem tell the story of Jackson a Native-American homeless that saw his

his grandmother’s regalia (formal occasions dress) that have been stolen from her 50 years ago in a

pawn shop. During the whole story is goal is to get it back from the pawnshop. In order to buy the regalia

back Jackson must come up with 999 dollars per the pawnshop owner order who gave him 24 hours to do

so. In the short story “What You Pawn I Will Redeem”, by Sherman Alexie, Jackson is the main character.

Jackson actions seems to in conflict with his words. This shows the conflict in the sroty on how he wants

to retreive his grandmother regalia back but everytime he get the money he blows it.

Murtaza, G., & Bhatti, S. A. (2016). Sherman Alexie's Discursive Reconstruction of the Native

American Subject. NUML Journal Of Critical Inquiry, 14(1), 31-47.

Accoding to Murtaza and Bhatti the author Alexie maint point is show Native American

history, values and culture to the world. This resource supports my thesis because it has evidence

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1. environment. This is an improvement. What is the crux of his conflict? Using the sample essay's thesis as a model, think about how some additional rephrasing can make this a sound thesis. You might start with "Alexie uses internal conflict, . . . to illustrate . . . " You are close. I suggest using the Writing Center's Thesis Generator tool to help you word this. [Patricia Lake]

2. Yorker Is this the complete reference? [Patricia Lake]

3. have had been [Patricia Lake]

4. is his [Patricia Lake]

5. sroty Taking the time to proofread your own work will help you avoid typos. Another strategy is to read your work out loud or to a friend. See this Writing Center page for help with proofreading: http://writingcenter.ashford.ed u/proofreading-editing- strategies [Patricia Lake]

6. Murtaza, Review the format for this in the template to see how each source should be distinguished from the paragraph before it. [Patricia Lake]

7. American Formatting? Remember a hanging indent - the first line of a reference is full and the second line (if there is one) is indented. [Patricia Lake]

of Native American still care about their culture as in Jackon wants to have his grandmother’s

regalia back so that it reminds him of his background and his culture. This resource also talked

about how Native American is addicted to alcohol and Jackson is the evidence. He values his

culture, but he cannot overcome his addiction to alcohol to save money to retrieve his

grandmother’s regalia back from the pawnshop.

Serafini, K., Donovan, D. M., Wendt, D. C., Matsumiya, B., & McCarty, C. A. (2017). A

COMPARISON OF EARLY ADOLESCENT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH RISKS AMONG

URBAN AMERICAN INDIANS/ALASKA NATIVES AND THEIR PEERS. American

Indian & Alaska Native Mental Health Research: The Journal Of The National Center,

24(2), 1-17.

According to Kelly Serafini and Dennis Donovan studied Native American teenagers in urban

settings suffers from high rate of mental health issue casue by disccimination the face and

depression. Because of such these yound adults engage in illicit use of alcohol,tobacco and

drugs.. Approximately 70% of Native American who lives outside tribal reservations get less

support from faamilies and also then to have less social suppot social that lead them to become

alcoholic in urban settings. This information supports my thesis because it addresses the problem

that Jackson has when Alexie’s mention about this character at the beginning of the story

“fathered two or three kids, and then went crazy. Of course, crazy is not the official definition of

my mental problem”. This fact proves that not only Jackson but many other Native American

diagnosed with mental health because of the changes in their lifestyle. The mental health

problem leads them to become alcoholic and lose their family just as Alexie develop his

character in Jackson.

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1. pawnshop. This seems to be a viable source to use in your paper. [Patricia Lake]

2. casue typo [Patricia Lake]

3. Jackson. Depending on your thesis, this can be a valuable resource for your paper. [Patricia Lake]

4. Please take time to proofread you paper so you can catch these typos. [Patricia Lake]