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Why do you think The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven has become a significant book? How does American life, as you know it, relate to Native American life as it is depicted in these stories? Reference a few of the stories in your responses.

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First of all, as you first explain why you think that The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven has become a significant book, I feel that it presents Native American life in a realistic, multifaceted, nonstereotypical manner, while also shattering many of the stereotypes about this culture. I also think that it contains many universal themes as a text, not just a "Native American" text. It shows many social issues that apply to all ...

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