What Sacajawea Means To Me Analysis

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When over analyzing What Sacajawea Means To Me by Sherman Alexie, its clear that the text has far more meaning when it is broken down into different lens like Deconstructionist, Gender, Marxist, Postcolonial, and even with a Reader's Response. Written intentionally in different contexts the author really does make you question what does Sacajawea mean to oneself. Is she a heroine or a villainess? Did she do what was right or what was wrong, should she be praised or should she be blamed.. We will never exactly know, we can only assume what and why things happened the way the did by processing history through various perspectives. Sacajawea although being recognized as the “mother” of america, everything she is and does is considered a contradiction. In fact in some aspects ..”IF THE U.S. IS EDEN, THEN SACAJAWEA IS EVE.” She is supposed to speak for the people but perhaps becomes silenced by…show more content…
Sacajawea did what I think most would do in her situation, which is take the task forced upon you. She was born into a time where there was not many choices in which she could actually choose what she wanted out of life. If it was not her to lead Lewis and Clark they would found some alternative guide and history would have some other native to negotiate whether what they did was right or wrong. That for whatever reasoning behind what happened and if it's justified or not, it was all necessary for our civilization because without we would not be where we are today. I agree with Sherman Alexie's when he says that this expedition is one that should “..be celebrated by liberals and castigated by conservatives.” Colonization is something that many perceive differently, and whether you are for or against how America was created I assure you with which ever you think is the truth, your answer will still be conflicted with many

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