Alexie Government

When reading “The Trial of Thomas Builds-the-Fire” and “This is What it Means …” by Sherman Alexie, there were two main characteristics in the system, which were discrimination and unjustness. Thomas was treated very unjustly. ” BIA suit said to the others. “What charges should we bring him up on?” ( Alexie 140 ). The BIA suits are trying to set Thomas up just because he is a Native American. “Well, ” they all agreed. “It has to be a felony charge. We don’t need his kind around here anymore.” ( Alexie 140 ). They even try and make the punishment even harsher. It shows that the government dont seem to care about Thomas at all and doesn’t care for his opinion.