Tommy Orange Political Perspectives

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Politically based novels transcend the boundaries of traditional novels. Authors use their political ideologies and compelling characters to argue for a cause. By adding multiple perspectives to these political novels, yet another level of depth is added to the story. Chantal Bilodeau and Tommy Orange intentionally use multiple perspectives to show characters’ hidden ulterior motives from a first-person perspective, shifting not only the narrative of the novel but, our feelings for the characters and our understandings of literary works. Tommy Orange uses multiple perspectives to redefine Orvil’s relationship with his Native American heritage. Orvil is quite secretive about his plans to participate in the powwow, in part because he does not believe himself to be …show more content…
Tony Loneman grows up ashamed of his identity due to the condition that scares his appearance. He struggles to find a place to fit in as he is used to people seeing him first for his disability before they decide to learn about his character. This has caused Tony to have anger issues that can hijack his social interactions. The first time Tony feels proud of his identity is near the end of the book when he is riding the subway in full regalia. “Tony’s regalia is blue, red, orange, yellow, and black. The colors of fire at night. Another image people love to think about. Indians around the fire. But this isn’t what it is. Tony is the fire and the dance and the night.” (Orange 234). Tony talks about how he is no longer associated with his disability, but now he is associated with his Native Identity. He is proud that people associate him with this and that he is part of the “fire and the dance and the night.” Without Tony’s perspective, we would only see him as a Native American with no aspects of his identity. An example of this theme in Sila is the disconnect in communication between Jean and
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