Sherman Alexie: Tonto

Alexie writes about his hatred of Tonto because he feels like movies and mainstream culture depicted Indians as some things that were just not true. He didnt like Tonto because in a sense he felt like he had to live up to certain expectations such as falling in love with a white woman and being brave in a fight. As a person, he claims he was none of these things. He didnt like to get in fights and never kissed a white woman on the neck. He tried to explain that being an Indian youth in America was often tough because of some shameful movies, songs, etc. He didnt feel like America knew or cared about the true Native American culture.