The novel Reservation Blues by Sherman Alexie disclosed the stereotypical ideology that people have about Native Americans. As the story of Coyote Springs progressed, Alexie alluded the cultural separation and personal struggle that those individuals who lived in reservation experienced, with their experience of conflict get resolved for better or worse. The Native American try to reshape their identity and live through their falling dreams. Along the way of redefining their own Indian identity, Coyote Spring was rejected by the reservation people who obstruct the attempts of those who once held their dreams. Thomas succeeded because of his firm belief in his own identity, while those who failed did so because they blindly assimilated another’s culture.
Native Americans had long been excluded
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However, the protagonist Thomas still had strong ambition and passions for life, thriving to redefine identity of Native Indians. “This reservation hidden away in the corner of the world” (Alexie, 16). The presence of reservation was a total separation of culture and race. By introducing Thomas and Junior’s family background, Sherman Alexie showned the sad lives and fragmented identity that the Natives endured. However, the protagonist Thomas always looks for the best even under the difficult life he had in reservation. Without preconceived by others because of his alcoholic dad, Thomas chose not to drink so that he still obtained his dignity and pride. Thomas simply does not hold on to the past. He had discussed the importance of inter-marriage for Indians with Chess, showing his strong will to preserve Native American’s identity and the fierce pride of being the minority. They are both afraid of the down side of assimilation, which could makes the pure Indian rarely exist if there was too much