What is the theme in Ten Little Indians by Sherman Alexie?

Disenfranchisement is another theme in this collection of short stories. Parallel with the theme of self-esteem runs the issue of disenfranchisement. Because all of the stories in this collection deal with some aspect of Native American experience, the theme of disenfranchisement is pervasive. In "Search Engine" the young poet Corliss Joseph searches for her own authentic identity as a person and as a writer to overcome her disenfranchisement from the mainstream society. She learns a difficult and painful lesson from an older Indian poet about love and loneliness.