John Sherman

First and foremost, John Sherman is not described for his own individual accomplishments, but as an accessory to his war hero brother. This is not to say that John Sherman had no political success of his own, but his family’s name allowed him to rise quicker than those with less successful families. This also ties into the idea of socioeconomic status. Socioeconomic status is defined as a “measure of combination of education, income and occupation”. Depending on a person’s socioeconomic background, they would either have a paved road to success, or they would have to trailblaze an entirely new route on their own. Wealthy and educated white men reaped the most benefits from their socioeconomic status at the time. Most wealthy white men at the time, were able to quickly rise to power through their money alone, and were able to create a…

to pay its student athletes, it also has the legal obligation. Constituted in 1890, the Sherman Antitrust Act was the first attempt by the U.S. Congress to eliminate trusts; it was named after Senator John Sherman. Prior to its ratification, various states passed similar laws, but they only applied to intrastate businesses. The act proclaimed every contract, combination, or conspiracy in restraint of interstate and foreign trade illegal. A fine of $5,000 and imprisonment for one year were set as…

publication of the Original Species was a controversial work. The idea of this book was to let people either get stuck or crawl under their own power. Businesses immediately came to the realization that in order to continue the laissez-faire from revolutionary days they would have to rid of attempts made by the government to become involved with economic policies. When John D. Rockefeller was developing standard oil, he did everything with the Pennsylvania legislature except refine it. Today,…

Since the 19th Century, Native Americans have faced oppression from the American culture. Although free to leave, many Native Americans feel confined to their reservations, trying to cling on to the last bit of tribal culture they have left. Their culture, however, has been radically changed by the modern American culture. Sherman Alexie perfectly portrays this oppression and the plight of the Native American in Indian Killer and The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven. Through the…

The members of the Committee of Five were John Adams, Roger Sherman, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Livingston, and Thomas Jefferson. John Adams was a lawyer, statesman, writer, diplomat, and second president of the United States. He was an advocator of republicanism and a strong central government. Roger Sherman was born in 1721 is Massachusetts. He studied law and became a judge. He proposed the Great Compromise, which needed a two part legislature, one of which was represented based off of…

Sherman Alexie Sherman Alexie is an influential Native American writer from Spokane, Washington. He is best known for his novel The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven. He was born with a severe medical condition and was never expected to amount to anything. He has written novels, short stories, poems, and even a screenplay, all heavily influenced by Native American culture and reservation life. He has gone on to achieve much in his career and still remains relevant today. He doesn’t…

Sherman Alexie, as one of the best-known Native American authors in the United States, grew up on a Spokane Indian reservation enclosed by poverty, alcoholism, disease, and against all odds, transpired to become one of the best American writers under forty according to The New Yorker and Granta (Cline 197). Moreover, the New Yorker named Alexie one of the top twenty writers for the twenty-first century (Anonymous 35). Chadwyck-Healey (1) stated that Alexie was influenced by the poetry of Allen…

counterparts to be shot dead by the police. The author cites Coates’s quote, “Journalism privileges what’s happening now over the long reasons for things happening,” giving greater insight into Coates’s initiative to inform people of the entire story, impact, and context of the historical injustice against African Americans. The author additionally questions Coates’s decreasing optimism as he releases more research. He quotes Coates’s skepticism of change, “How big-hearted can democracy be? It…

Sherman Alexie was born on October 7, 1966 on the Spokane reservation in Willpinit, Washington. He is the author of several novels that have won him various awards. He is a director, a performer and screenwriter. Indian killer was Sherman’s second novel and was published in 1996. Alexie lives with his wife and son in Seattle Washington. Indian Killer is the story of John Smith, a twenty seven year old Native American man who at birth, was adopted by a white couple. Smith’s obvious mental illness…

About the Author of “This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona” Sherman Alexie was born October 7, 1966, and grew up on the Spokane Indian Reservation. Sherman Alexie moved off of the reservation for high school and wanted to take up medical studies, but soon realized that he had a passion for poetry and writing. He has won numerous grants and awards for his writing such as the Sundance Award in 1998 for his indie film “Smoke Signals” and the National Book Award in Young People's Literature…