Jackson's Journey
Jackson, who was born in Spokane but found a means to live in Seattle, is mentioned by Alexie in this journal. The primary character narrates this journal in the first person. Jackson professes to be homeless at first and has a background filled with other mysteries. Jackson is a middle-aged Native American guy. In his journey, he tried to join college but dropped out soon, tried getting a job and quitted many times, married a couple of times and got children and did not take good care of them. In this article, he pretends to be non-violent, yet he broke a couple of people's hearts because he had the habit of breaking up every relationship that he got himself into (Alexie 167). Jackson was excellent at making friends and get along with strangers, but the way he informs his readers makes an assumption that they have no concern for homeless people. He takes pride in the sense that he knows how to deal with the white people. One time Jackson and his friends visit a pawnshop where he claims the owner had stolen it. The shop owner offers to sell to him if he pays $999, but they could not afford it because they had $5. Sherman explains the difficult situations that Jackson encounters to get the remaining cash and how he ends up making foolish decisions.
In a Train by Robert Bly
Robert Bly writes a poem that explains of his experience when he was on the train. He starts by telling what he saw. He explains of how the light snow was falling from the sky touching the ground. This indicates how cold outside was and how deserted outside was. He continues to explain how dark cars are moving in out of the darkness (Bly 15). His words describe how desperate he was to the sense that he kept looking to see if anything happening in that cold environment. In his desperation, he begins to stare at the train window that was marked with soft dust, explaining how no one had gotten into contact with it. He ends his poem by a surprise arrival at Missoula Montana when he is jubilant. This explains the great experience he had on the train.
From a Bus Window in Central Ohio: Just Before a Thunder Shower by James Arlington Wright
In this poem, James Wright uses imagery in his description of what he sees happening around him from a bus window in Central Ohio. He begins by describing how the cribs that were heavily loaded with roughage were huddling together. He continues by explaining how the clouds looked like and their movement between the poplar trees. He then shifts his focus to how the trees looked like by telling how the leaves were behaving to the point where they fell on the ground. His focus is shifted towards an old farmer's face and his behavior as he stands on the field (Wright 23).
Works Cited
Alexie, Sherman. What You Pawn I Will Redeem. New Yorker-New Yorker Magazine Incorporated- (2003): 168-177.
Bly, Robert. In a Train. Vol. 15. Wesleyan University Press, 1962.
Wright, James Arlington. From a Bus Window in Central Ohio: Just Before a Thunder Shower. No. 18. Wesleyan University Press, 1963.
