49 pages • 1 hour read
Sherman AlexieWhat You Pawn I Will Redeem
Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2003A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Essay Topics
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“What You Pawn I Will Redeem” opens with Jackson declining to tell the story of how he became homeless. In what ways could the story nevertheless be considered a story about homelessness?
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Discuss the ways Jackson acquires and spends money over the course of the story. In what sense could this process be considered “work”?
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