keeping note

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I’ve noticed this question appear many times in my blog stats, since I have a previous blog about the novel.

Now, I’m going to shed some light on that question.

The answer is that no one is sure and that’s why Sherman titled his book, “Indian Killer”. He wants the reader to see the title, and consider whether the murderer kills Indians or if the killer is an Indian.

Often, people tend to think the Killer is John, but to be honest that is all assumption because the book doesn’t clearly name a character as obviously guilty.

(sorry about the fuzzy photos, I must start remembering to bring a camera around, the Sidekick really is an overrated phone)

Maybe it’s because I’m a bit nosey, but finds like this make me smile, or smirk hha.

I was walking through the Aztec bookstore, looking for a book to buy for class (I try to hold off buying anything till I find out I can’t get it from the library, Amazon.com, ebay or from a friend) when I ran into Sherman Alexie’s novel, Indian Killer. I read it for my English 250b class, back in the day. I picked up a used copy to flip to some quotes I remembered when I noticed a message written inside and it said:

To Xxxxxx.

Good luck on your many
endeavours through life.
We know you’ll turn out
just fine. I hope you find
this novel inspiring &
that you may one day
overcome your schizophrenia.

With love,

Grandma & Grandpa

Wow, what a message to run into. A lot of people are probably wondering why he/she sold it…well I have my theories:

1. The bookstore is damn expensive and he/she probably need the money for the next round of over priced books.
2. Maybe he/she is not schizophrenic so the message is a reminder of how his/her family has overacted over him/her being “emotional and different” , but he/she is not going to just toss it into the trash (because of theory 1)
3. His/Her roommate is an @$$hole and stole then sold it…again, probably reason 1.

Sorry, I’ve got my mind on my money and money on my mind. (oh Snoop)