Ten Little Indians

Fritz Perls once said I am not in this world to make love up to other peoples expectations, nor do I encounter that the world must live up to mine. In the short yarn The Search Engine, by Sherman Alexie, the Native American culture is trying to live up to the expectations of the white world. The main character Corliss, a Spokane Indian, is expected to do well in college so she can move okay to the backlog to help her tribe. There is also a cultural difference between our world and that of the Spokane when it comes to the roles of gender.Corliss is a very bright individual who has plans beyond the Spokane reservation. When Corliss was jr. she was ridiculed for her love of reading. Even though her passion for reading is part of the contend she was able to attend college, the manpower in her tribe still disagree with reading about nineteenth century white people. Despite the disagreements they are all very proud that she is pursuing a higher education. Corlisss parents boast a bout how Corliss will one day come back to fix everything that is wrong with the tribe.In reality they are ignorant to Corlisss real dreams and ambitions. Gender roles can be defined as the behaviors and attitudes expected of priapic and female members of a society by that society. In the Spokane tribe the women make more money and held wear jobs than the men. In our society, even with more compare for women today, men earn a substantial amount more than women do. For the Spokane men to just sit around and brag about their spouses accomplishments seems unreal to our culture.Native American culture is very different from that of American culture. Rather than the Spokane tribesmen trying to better the tribe themselves, they are counting on Corliss to graduate law instruct and fix the problems of the tribe. The men of the tribe are not fully applying themselves to employment, the tribe, or each other. The values, goals, and practices of the Spokane tribe make their culture foreign to the average American.