Slouching Towards Thanksgiving Analysis

Stories have their own way of , like a personality. If someone likes that personality, then they will most likely read more of it, right? Sherman Alexie did just that with his article and more. In, Sherman Alexie, “Slouching Towards Thanksgiving”, the dark humor in his story made it effective for the audience to enjoy and reminded me of my personality. Sherman Alexie, “Slouching Towards Thanksgiving”, is about a boy named Arnold (referring to himself) who is discriminated because he is Indian. He talks about being lonely and says he is smarted than most white kids. Knowing that, Arnold contradicts the teacher, Mr. Dodge, about petrified wood not being wood and he didn’t believe him one bit, but Arnolds right because a classmate named Gordy

This type of tone made the entire story workout so well. I have read a lot of stories and to find a story that I liked is somewhat rare. Sherman Alexie knew exactly what he was doing when he wrote this and his character Arnold in the beginning of the story he was cynical, which “In fact, if you think of everybody with a body, soul, and brain as a human, then I was the opposite of human” (Alexie 2). He then turned depressed, “It was the loneliest time of my life. And whenever I get lonely, I grow a big zit on the end of my nose” (Alexie 2). Then he would turn funny, he said, “I wondered if maybe. I should punch everybody in the face” (Alexie 2). This type of humor made me laugh and it just worked out so well, but there’s more in this story and it’s his pictures, yes, pictures. Doodles really, but it worked well with the tone of it, like a kid drew it. This story made me feel like a kid again and I don’t care if I am an adult, I still like to reading stuff like this. This story fits so well with his character since he is a kid and the doodles were like a kid’s notebook. Sherman Alexie story reminded me of my own personality, I am always funny and playful and somewhat serious when I need to be. I remember the time when I had a true relationship with someone who liked everything I did. We always say quirky remarks to each other as if it were a competition. We always have an upbeat personalities and it’s like we never grew up. She would make jokes of me in a chair, but it’s our