Indian Education
Storyboard Text
- Point of View
- "My hair was too short and my U.S Government glasses were horn-trimmed, ugly."
- Conflict
- "The farm town high school I played for is nicknamed the 'Indians,' and I'm probably the only actual Indian ever to play for a team with such a mascot.
- Character
- "But Frenchy was confident enough to torment me all by himself, and most days I would have let him. But the little warrior roared to life that day and knocked Frenchy to the ground, held his head against the snow, and punched him so hard the my knuckles and the snow make symmetrical bruises on his face."
- The story is written in first person point of view. The story is told from Sherman's perspective.
- Setting
- "Throw the first punch." Steve said again."No." Randy said again "throw the first punch." Steve said a third time, and Randy reared back and pitched a knuckle fastball that broke Stevie's nose. We all stood there in silence, in awe.
- The conflict is external and was Man vs. society. Even when he played basketball his society was mean to him and his basketball team.
- Theme
- "I walk down the aisle, valedictorian of this farm town high school, and my cap doesn’t fit because I’ve grown my hair longer than it’s ever been. Later, I stand as the school-board chairman recites my awards and accomplishments, and scholarships
- Sherman is a dynamic, round, and protagonist character. When the kids bullied Sherman he did not usually stick up to them but one day something in his mind changed and he fought back.
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- The setting is in a Indian reservation school and it creates conflict. The Indian reservation school creates conflict by having a negative atmosphere.
- The theme is people shouldn't judge someone just because of their race. People at Sherman's school judged him because he was Indian and did not think he was as good as them but he accomplished many things they did not accomplish like making the basketball team and becoming valedictorian.
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