The Lone Ranger And Tonto Fistfight In Heaven And...

Post-Colonialism has been somewhat beneficial to the Native Americans in recent years. Post-Colonialism is the political or cultural condition of a former colony. Obviously, when discussing Post-Colonialism in North America it’s mostly going to be about the founding of the continent and its original thirteen colonies. Throughout the years after the colonization of North America, the Native Americans haven’t really had the best outcome, especially when it comes to the way that they are treated. They haven’t been treated with respect when it comes to being in the film industry, politics, or even just living life day to day as an average person. Sherman Alexie’s â€Å"The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven† and â€Å"Postcards to Columbus† have†¦show more content†¦Sherman Alexie’s â€Å"The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven† is a short story about the modern day Native American. The speaker of the story wel comes the reader to the setting of the story, a 7-11. In this 7-11 the graveyard manager is skeptical about the speaker thinking that he is an armed robber and what not because of his tan skin and long ponytail. The speaker understands why the cashier may feel threatened because he himself was one a 7-11 graveyard shift employee. The speaker has a white girlfriend who he fights with quite often and she accuses him of being an alcoholic, eventually leaves his life with her in Seattle, Washington to go back to his reservation where his family is. He often has vivid dreams of Native Americans and white fighting on a battlefield until it takes a sick twist and the white are playing polo with an Indian woman’s head. The speaker is often stopped by the police for wandering in neighborhoods that the majority of the population is white. Him being different makes white people nervous and on edge. The speaker talks about how he was supposed to be different and that he had potential com pared to your average Native American† (Alexie 386). The speaker was in college from a couple years and eventually dropped out and ends up a couch potato flipping through the television stations like the way society