“What You Pawn I Will Redeem” I would like to thank author/writer Sherman Alexie for her wonderful talent in writing literature. By just reading the title it gives you the idea if someone pawns something who will redeem it? The main character in this story was a homeless Native American India who came to Seattle to go to college and quit after 2 Semesters. Jackson Jackson is a homeless man who’s addicted to drinking alcohol. In the book it clearly states that “I’m not going to tell you my particular
In his short work, “What You Pawn I Will Redeem”, author Sherman Alexie presents an audience with a range of controversies, a defining trademark of this Spokane writer. In this work, a reader follows the homeless Native, Jackson Jackson, through the streets of Seattle on a quest to regain his grandmother’s powwow regalia. Heavy recurring elements of poverty and alcoholism run their course throughout this short story. When observing the representation of his own culture within the text, a question
unlikely for people to be generous enough to share their money. In Sherman Alexie’s “What You Pawn I Will Redeem”, his main character, Jackson Squared is the complete opposite from the people of today. Jackson is a caring, and optimistic homeless man who does not find money to be an important value. Instead, Jackson shows us that he takes pleasure in sharing what little money he has with others. Jackson stumbles upon a Pawn Shop where he sees a regalia hanging in the window and he is certain it is his