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“The School Days of an Indian Girl”
1. Who is Zitkala Sa's audience?
2. What response is she trying to evoke from her audience?
3. How are whites described? Give an example.
4. According to the school, what does becoming "civilized" mean?
5. How do the school's values differ from Indian values?
6. What role does language play in her experience?
7. What are her feelings about dress and hair?
8. What does she gain and what does she lose in her "civilizing" experience?
9. What are the strange new rules and sounds at this school? How does she respond?
10. Define displacement. How does this apply to Zitkala Sa?