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A 5 page analysis of Sherman Alexie’s poem On the Amtrak from Boston to New York City. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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garnered high praise for novels, poems and short stories that illuminate contemporary Native American reservation life" (Native American Authors Project). He is also the renowned author of the Native film
Smoke Signals which has gained great praise by many. In many ways he simply writes what he wants, getting praise from some and criticism from others. One of his works
is his poem On the Train from Boston to New York City. The following paper analyzes this poem illustrating how it truly is a poem about being Native American in
a seemingly modern world. Sherman Alexies On the Train from Boston to New York City As noted, and as many critics
will eagerly note, Alexie has "earned high praise for his writing, much of which draws on his experiences as a modern Native American" (Smiley). This poem speaks of just one
simple experience, and an experience that is deep in history and emotion and desires. It is a poem that speaks of all Natives in some way, indicated by some of
the lines near the end when the narrator states, "I, as all Indians have done/ since this war began, made plans/ for what I would do and say the next
time" (Alexie 34-36). This is a summation of the conflict of the modern Native, from the eyes of the narrator, today. It speaks of hundreds of years of silence, in
the face of one who would presume to know some truth. The premise, or the conflict, of the poem is that which
involves a white woman who thinks she knows something about history, pointing out to a Native American how old something is when he could point out to her the fact
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