https://padlet.com/6554wvcrep/summaries Write a one sentence summary for Sherman Alexie's "The Only Traffic Signal..." or "Imagining the Reservation" en-us 2016-10-11 00:27:23 UTC 2016-10-11 20:24:22 UTC hello@padlet.com 6554wvcrep https://padlet.com/6554wvcrep/summaries/wish/129661693 Sherman Alexie's "Because My Father Always Said He Was the Only Indian Who Saw Jimi Hendrix Play the 'Star-Spangled Banner' at Woodstock" details a young Native American's memories of his often absent father.]]> 2016-10-11 00:35:55 UTC https://padlet.com/6554wvcrep/summaries/wish/129661693 https://padlet.com/6554wvcrep/summaries/wish/129958133 In Sherman Alexie's "Imagining the Reservation," the narrator dreams of how life could be better for Native Americans if they didn't face oppression, poverty, and poor  ]]> 2016-10-11 19:39:42 UTC https://padlet.com/6554wvcrep/summaries/wish/129958133 https://padlet.com/6554wvcrep/summaries/wish/129958406 In Sherman Alexie's "The Only Traffic Signal On The Reservation Doesn't Flash Red Anymore"uggests that there is a never ending cycle of unaccomplished achievements within the reservation.]]> 2016-10-11 19:40:40 UTC https://padlet.com/6554wvcrep/summaries/wish/129958406 https://padlet.com/6554wvcrep/summaries/wish/129959826 In Sherman Alexie's "The Only Traffic Signal on the Reservation Doesn't Flash Red Anymore," the narrator talks about how everyone in the reservation fails to be successful which has created a lack of rolemodels  for people to look up to.]]> 2016-10-11 19:46:19 UTC https://padlet.com/6554wvcrep/summaries/wish/129959826 https://padlet.com/6554wvcrep/summaries/wish/129959933 2016-10-11 19:46:43 UTC https://padlet.com/6554wvcrep/summaries/wish/129959933 https://padlet.com/6554wvcrep/summaries/wish/129960010 2016-10-11 19:47:00 UTC https://padlet.com/6554wvcrep/summaries/wish/129960010 https://padlet.com/6554wvcrep/summaries/wish/129960156 Sherman Alexie's "The Only Traffic Signal On the Reservation Flash Red Anymore", Victor and his friend Adrian talks about if Julius a really good basketball player would make it out of the reservation or not and become an alcoholic. Later on in the chapter they see Julius in the back of the cop car for throwing a brick through a window. Later Victor Leaves the front door open "just in case some crazy indian needed a place to sleep" (Alexie 52). In the following morning Julius was passed out on the floor.

]]> 2016-10-11 19:47:30 UTC https://padlet.com/6554wvcrep/summaries/wish/129960156 https://padlet.com/6554wvcrep/summaries/wish/129960857 Victor and Adrian watch and discuss the rise and fall of a small time hero of the Reservation over a year]]> 2016-10-11 19:50:13 UTC https://padlet.com/6554wvcrep/summaries/wish/129960857 https://padlet.com/6554wvcrep/summaries/wish/129961128 2016-10-11 19:51:14 UTC https://padlet.com/6554wvcrep/summaries/wish/129961128 https://padlet.com/6554wvcrep/summaries/wish/129961314 2016-10-11 19:52:02 UTC https://padlet.com/6554wvcrep/summaries/wish/129961314 https://padlet.com/6554wvcrep/summaries/wish/129961330 In "imagine the reservation" Sherman Alexie describes using the imagination to picture a live where the people are free from oppression and poverty, where the reservation isn't reality. ]]> 2016-10-11 19:52:07 UTC https://padlet.com/6554wvcrep/summaries/wish/129961330 https://padlet.com/6554wvcrep/summaries/wish/129961349 In this chapter, the narrator talks about the broken stoplight in the reservation. Since nobody is fixing it, the flow of the traffic is unstoppable. In reality nobody, is really following it anyway. This could compared to the unending cycle of the failing basketball players in their area. For instance , Julius used to be their idol in basketball because he's really good , but eventually he become alcoholic and replaced by Lucy. Eventually, the cycle would repeat itself, because its unstoppable.]]> 2016-10-11 19:52:13 UTC https://padlet.com/6554wvcrep/summaries/wish/129961349 https://padlet.com/6554wvcrep/summaries/wish/129961951 Sherman Alexie's story "The Only Traffic Signal..." has Victor, the narrerator and Adrian observe, drink pepsi, and discuss the cycle of heroes in the reservation.]]> 2016-10-11 19:54:52 UTC https://padlet.com/6554wvcrep/summaries/wish/129961951 https://padlet.com/6554wvcrep/summaries/wish/129961952 Sherman Alexie's "Imagining the Reservation" is about how imagination is the reservations best asset.]]> 2016-10-11 19:54:52 UTC https://padlet.com/6554wvcrep/summaries/wish/129961952 https://padlet.com/6554wvcrep/summaries/wish/129962154
In Sherman Alexie's "Imagining the Reservation]]> 2016-10-11 19:55:54 UTC https://padlet.com/6554wvcrep/summaries/wish/129962154 https://padlet.com/6554wvcrep/summaries/wish/129962327 In Sherman Alexie's "The Only Traffic Signal On the Reservation Doesn't Flash Red Anymore," is about the reservation's only traffic signal and how it represents a sense of decay among the youth in the community. ]]> 2016-10-11 19:56:43 UTC https://padlet.com/6554wvcrep/summaries/wish/129962327 https://padlet.com/6554wvcrep/summaries/wish/129962900 Sherman Alexie's "Imagining the Reservation" explains how using your 
imagination is a way of survival on the Indianan reservation because their lives are being taken from by the new society intruding on them and their simple culture. ]]> 2016-10-11 19:59:06 UTC https://padlet.com/6554wvcrep/summaries/wish/129962900 https://padlet.com/6554wvcrep/summaries/wish/129963826 In Sherman Alexie's "Imagining the Reservation" is about how you imagine how life can be without any poor life, about how imagine can let you go off reality and make a dream feel like reality.]]> 2016-10-11 20:03:11 UTC https://padlet.com/6554wvcrep/summaries/wish/129963826 https://padlet.com/6554wvcrep/summaries/wish/129964091 In "Imagining the Reservation" by Sherman Alexie, Native Americans continually try to ignore the stereotypes people create against Indians. ]]> 2016-10-11 20:04:18 UTC https://padlet.com/6554wvcrep/summaries/wish/129964091