Reservation Blues Essay

It can be very difficult being different. Sometimes being different scares people. Being judged by people have never met and who do not even know you and they have already labeled you, can lead up to suicide or depression. This feeling was described in the novel Reservation Blues by Sherman Alexie. There is only one reservation in Wellpoint, Washington and it is really never reached on accident because it is not on most maps and it is very rare to find this small city. One of the main characters of the novel is Robert Johnson and he tries to find the women in his dreams to get back the soul he once lost. The novel makes the audience feel what it is like trying to find your identity, race, and suffering. It also makes you realize who the people

Most of the novel’s narration follows his perspective to some point. He is an outcast on the rez and is considered odd and strange. Thomas is lead of the band Coyote Springs, and is the songwriter, bassist, and lead singer. He falls in love with Chess Warm-Water. Johnson said, “ They are naturally quiet, do not drink, and full of stories and secrets and they are perfect for each other”(Alexie 92). At the end of the novel they decide to leave the reservation and get married. All hope left at the end of the novel goes with the couple and they wanted to give their kids a better life than what they

Victor is a drunk and a bully, whose rude behavior is a result of his actions upon others. His biological father left him at a young age and his stepdad was abusive and mistreated him. When Victor was young he was abused by a Catholic Priest at summer camp. This made him always mad at the world and he does not show his emotions and reflects with anger. With the magic of the guitar, he was made the best musician out of the band. Being the best comes at a cost. When he became the best, he began to hallucinate. Victor was seeing white women when there was none around and dreaming that the guitar is asking him for a sacrifice just before Junior’s big