“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
mber 18, 2015 In Sherman Alexies “What you pawn I will redeem” his main character Jackson Jackson comes to play in the story as homeless drunk man. The way Alexie makes Jackson Jackson personality to view life despite his situation is quite unique. Jackson Jackson is a character filed with hope all throughout the story, more hope than most of us will ever have. The situation he faces lead him to more and more optimism. He lives his life so different from ours, things that we would only happen a
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