The Rez Sisters

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identity of yourselves and where we belong may change. As this happens we may gain or relinquish new values and from this identity and image our influenced. “A bad self-image and low self-esteem may form part of identity…but often the cause is not a loss of identity itself so much as a loss of belonging.” Social psychologists suggest that identity is closely related to our culture. Native people today have been faced with this challenge against their identity as they are increasingly faced with a non-native society. I will prove that the play showed this loss of identity and loss of belonging. When a native person leaves the reservation to go and start a new life in a city they are forced to adapt to a lifestyle they are not accustomed to. They do not feel as though they fit in or belong to any particular culture. They are faced with extreme racism and stereotypes from other people in the nonreservational society.
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and where they would go and what they would do if they had the opportunity. The play gives the reader in sight to what each of the woman want. Marie-Adele is a 39-year-old woman who says if she had the money she would, “Buy an island.” (P. 36 ) I fell she wants this because she wants to escape from everybody, the reserve and from the regular population. Veronique is the mother of one of the other characters in the play, Zahaboonigan, who is mentally disabled. Veronique wants to buy a stove and cook for everybody on the reserve. She wants to take care of her own, the younger generation and maybe give them a better chance at life. As the play continues the seven women, ...

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