The resiliency is seen in the ability to laugh at these micro aggressions. He also knows that someone in the neighborhood called the police because he looked suspicious. He knows that the police are stopping him because of racial prejudices of Native Americans.
In this scene the narrator is using humor to make light of a potentially dangerous situation. Humor is often used in literature for the purpose of making us come to a realization …show more content… The narrator in response says “I wanted to tell him that i didn't really fit the profile of the country, but i knew it would just get me into trouble"(cite book). Humor is defined as something that entertains us. By using his characters to show resiliency through humor Alexie presents humor as an integral part of Native American survival. Sherman Alexie makes it his obligation in his stories and poems to show Native American resiliency through humor. Native Americans past and present continue to face stifling issues such as racism, alcoholism, isolation and suicide. Throughout “The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven” the theme of resilience is deliberately presented.
This program spawned loads of catchphrases.“Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven: Humor” Tonto usually referred to the Lone Ranger as “Ke-mo sah-bee,” meaning something like “trusty scout” or “trusted friend.” I don’t know if this TV series was shown around the world, so on the off-chance you didn’t get to see it, the Lone Ranger is a fictional character, a masked ex-Texas Ranger who, with his Native American companion Tonto, fights injustice in the American Old West.
Įeeek! I just checked the Wikipedia and found that this series ran from 1949 to 1957, which means they stopped filming the year I was born! I guess I must have been watching reruns, or maybe it just took a decade or so for this program to make its way “across the pond” to England… When I was a young kid growing up in England, I used to love the black-and-white American TV program called The Lone Ranger.
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