literary characteristics.
Is Edwin a static or dynamic character?
Edwin is a static character. The book only has one chapter in first person from his perspective in which we see his inner monologue. It is in this chapter that we learn almost everything we know about him and in later chapters, he acts according to the traits established in that first chapter, never deviating from his awkward, ashamed personality.
How does Edwin's mom ethnicity affect their relationship?
Informs his biracial Native identity and he blames her for not being able to know more about his Native heritage
Indian Head on TV Screen.
What is Edwins idea of earthly happiness
being thinner and being able to move around freely, having his own apartment, being able to use what hes learned in college for something meaningful.
In what narration style is Edwin written in throughout the story?
Edwin is written in the first person for his introduction and third person in all of the proceeding chapters
how does Edwin feel about still living with his mom?
he's frustrated at the situation and feels immense guilt towards being a burden on his mom but he also resents attempts on her part to get him out of the house more often
Much of the prologue is spent detailing these events,
Feasts in celebration of massacres of Native Peoples
A favorite real life hero of his?
John Joseph Mattews
what purpose does the structure of Edwin's chapters accomplish?
The personal nature of the first chapter with him serves to personalize him to the audience, and increase the empathy we feel towards him later in the story when too much is going on to fully delve into every characters thoughts at a. given moment.
The third reference of the prologue is to this, 50 bonus points for specificity
The first ever novel written by a native person (The Life and Adventures of Joaquin Murieta by John Rollin Ridge)
where would Edwin live if given the choice?
Tulsa, Oklahoma
how does Edwins introduction enforce the authors idea of modernizing the portrayal of native American stories?
His crippling internet addiction is a play on the trope of the alcohol addicted native, replacing alcohol with internet to signify the way that the project of colonialism is dehabilitating natives, just in qa modern updated way.
The name of the first interlude section, which connects to Edwin through his search for a concise heritage
Last Names
Edwins favorite virtue
knowledge/wisdom
The name of the second interlude section, which connects to Edwin through his implied survival of a gunshot wound
Apparent Death