Do Not Go Gentle Sparknotes

Throughout the different short stories of the Ten Little Indians, each story has a very unique outcome. Each story discusses Native Americans different living, and while doing so, interacting with the American people. Every one of these stories share some of the same, and some different emotions all the way from somber scenes to each of the characters having fun with each other and laughing. “The Search Engine,” “Do Not Go Gentle,” and “Lawyer’s League” are all spectacular short stories to read, and while doing so you might even learn a life lesson or two. “The Search Engine”, Corliss, a Native American bookworm, who is intrigued by poetry stumbles upon a collection of poems from an overlooked author, Harlan Atwater. Atwater states in

She decides to check the book from the library out, and when she does so, the librarian informs her that she is the first person to check out this novel, and that it has been sitting on the shelves for the past thirty years. Corliss ends up tracking down Harlan and having a nice, long conversation with him about his past. By having this conversation Corliss gained a great amount of knowledge from Atwater which included some information about her Indian tribe. This was the first and most important reason why this reading is recommended to anyone and that is because no matter what you do in your life you never know when you will come upon something that interest you. Just by Corliss accidently knocking down In the Reservation of My Mind by Atwater, she ended up learning many more things about not only his writings but his life stories. The second take home message from the reading deals with being yourself and not letting anyone in your life try to dictate what you will do in your future. It also shows that if you work hard in life you can overcome your past and live

The story begins with a Native American family fighting a battle against Mr. Grief, who represents sadness and death. Their newborn son falls into a coma, dies three times and is revived three times in the same day and kicks Mr. Grief to the curb. When writing this story, Sherman Alexie was very clever by portraying Mr. Grief as an actual character because when reading this story for the first time it seems as if Mr. Grief is a real person. This made the story more realistic, which kept the reader more engaged. While newborn Abraham was still in the hospital, the father was in the restroom stall and overheard two men ripping another woman apart with their words. As he walked out, the two men astonished and ashamed of themselves when they learned that he heard the entire conversation. By incorporating this short bathroom scene into the story, says a lot on Alexie’s part. What is meant by this conversation is very simple, and that is to treat others the way one would like to be treated. This is because it is hard to judge what a person has gone through, or what they could be going through at that