Text King, Thomas. The Truth about Stories: A Native Narrative. 3rd ed.

, University
of Minnesota Press, 2008.

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Less than 4-5 “For the Native reader, these continuing attempts of the community to right
sentences. itself and the omnipresent courses of sadness and humor, of tragedy and
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sarcasm, become, in the end, an honour song of sorts, a song many of us have
include citation in heard before.” (King 117)
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Commentary This chapter focused on Native writers and the differences between oral and
In less than 200 written storytelling. He dives into the development of these stories and modern
words, write a Native Literature. This quote stood out to me above all others, and though
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alone it does not seem powerful the context of it gives way to an incredible
message. This section of the book speaks about Native reservations and the
1) What stands out stories written about those experiences. He references the differences between
and why? Native readers and non-Native readers, and how they react to such a story.
2) What questions Before this quote he speaks about the non-Native experience, and explains that
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the unsatisfying ending would be seen as something boring or even annoying.
3) What connections This quote speaks about the Native experience with such saddened and
do you make? unresolved stories. He calls it “an honour song of sorts”.
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Connection Perspective: The experience of Native Literature sometimes depends entirely
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