Emotions In Sherman Alexie's War Dances

The book “War Dances” is a collection of stories and poems by Sherman Alexie. The collection tackles several aspects of the society including love, family, racial prejudices, and such problems that plague the community. Alexie tells the stories affecting the society in a comical manner. With the collection, Alexie, who is a Native American, tells the story from the perspective of different men and the troubles they go through in their life. In the book, he explores the life of the modern day man. Men are the focal point in the success or failure of the society. If men lose their footing, the society as a whole loses focus. In the book the men display emotions differently to the situations they face. He explores the different ways and the effect that men showing emotion have on their society or families. The emotional reaction that men show mirrors to their children and subsequent generations. Although many men frown on the idea of showing emotion, it is important for males to display some emotions as it helps in spreading love and companionship in the community and family. The essay explores the way the men in the book …show more content…
He has a challenge of accepting that the technology has changed so much and wished "that I could find one." The narrator shows emotions through love. That explains why people have an emotional attachment to things that they grew with no matter the technological advancement. New technologies have come, but people still hold on to pieces that were there before a technological shift. That is because of the memories that they get from such stuff. The narrator feels that if he finds one of the payphones he could “call back to all that he