Compare And Contrast Superman And Me By Sherman Alexie

Many children will be born in poor regions and low income areas around the world and may not ever be presented with the opportunity for a decent education. Sherman Alexie brings this fact to the reader’s attention on a personal level in his short story “Superman and Me”. This story follows a young Indian boy into his struggle of illiteracy and acceptance from his peers and friends. Alexie was able to focus the reader’s attention and convey much of his feelings into his written words because the story was about him and his own personal experiences. “Superman and Me” projects a message to the reader, that when faced with adversity, and when all odds are against you, willpower and determination can overcome even the toughest of obstacles.

In the comic book of Superman mxyzptlk tricks Superman into saying his name backward and if he does he would be punished severely he would find the weakness in Superman and then play his dirty tricks into fooling superman fall into his trap. If your a bad guy you die if your a good guy you will live forever this message is in every story so people who are bad would change their attitude and become maybe a good man

Purpose: Alexie highlights how he ultimately overcame the hardships suffered during his early years due to his Indian ethnicity and displays how Native Americans were, and continue, to suffer from discrimination.

Adjusting to another culture is a difficult concept, especially for children in their school classrooms. In Sherman Alexie’s, “Indian Education,” he discusses the different stages of a Native Americans childhood compared to his white counterparts. He is describing the schooling of a child, Victor, in an American Indian reservation, grade by grade. He uses a few different examples of satire and irony, in which could be viewed in completely different ways, expressing different feelings to the reader. Racism and bullying are both present throughout this essay between Indians and Americans. The Indian Americans have the stereotype of being unsuccessful and always being those that are left behind. Through Alexie’s negativity and humor in his

After reading “Superman and Me,” the reader may realize that the story is an account of the affect reading had on Alexie’s whole life. In turn this leads to the discovery of the story’s theme. The theme of Sherman Alexie’s “Superman and Me” is that education is valuable, and culture or background do not correlate to

Alexie precisely provides his reading process to the audience. On the other hand, it also proves that he breaks the block of lacking knowledge. In fact, “the Superman” refers to himself. Alexie asserts his point that he transforms his destiny from poverty to success by reading, and he retells his experience to other Indian boys to save their lives instead of enduring in a tough situation. Accordingly, he regards himself as hero, for he saves both those Indian boys’ lives and his own life. Moreover, when Alexie repeats the sentence of “breaking down the door”, it relates to he attempts to break through the obstacle of education. He does not obtain a decent education background; however, he can change this circumstance by reading.

‘The Incredibles’ is an animated Pixar movie that focuses on two of Metroville’s superheroes who are married-- Mr. Incredible and Elastigirl (add more) The government creates a law stating that ALL superpower activities are prohibited. Consequently, they are obligated to conform to a “normal life” in their society and wind up assimilating to suburban life with their children Violet, Dash and Jack-Jack. After 15 years of living as a civilian and insurance claims specialist, Mr. Incredible decides to take advantage of the opportunity to live the life of a superhero proposed by a mysterious informant. However, it turns out to be a set-up by an adversary who once idolized him in his years as an adolescent. It’s up to his family to save him and the world from any danger that stands before them. In the movie, there are numerous ways the characters are portrayed as based on their ethnicity and power. The film ‘The Incredibles’ depict and display societal issues through the family’s inherited super powers, stereotypes in the movie, and what society defines a hero as.

Syntax gives the readers an idea of Alexie when he was first learning to read. In the fourth paragraph, he explains on how he started reading. As he was analogizing the world in paragraphs he began reading that Superman comic. For him to understand the text he began piecing the pictures together into words. His use of simple sentences gives the reader a feel to be in his place. “Superman is breaking down the door,” he states that was what he was interpreting from the pictures and then pretended to say those words,” Superman is breaking down the door.” With this picture and these words he concludes that Superman is saying words and those words, “I am breaking down the door.” Alexie’s way of learning to read relates to other people. These readers could have used elements like

Superman and Sherman Alexie both have unique qualities about them. The passage states that Sherman Alexie could read complicated books at a young age while other kids had a hard time. Superman

Growing up as a Native American boy on a reservation, Sherman Alexie was not expected to succeed outside of his reservation home. The expectations for Native American children were not very high, but Alexie burst out of the stereotype and expectations put by white men. Young Native Americans were not expected to overcome their stereotypes and were forced to succumb to low levels of reading and writing “he was expected to fail in a non-Indian world” (Alexie 3), but Alexie was born with a passion for reading and writing, so much so that he taught himself to read at age three by simply looking at images in Marvel comics and piecing the words and pictures together. No young Native American had made it out of his reservation to become a successful writer like he did. This fabricates a clear ethos for Alexie, he is a perfect underdog in an imperfect world.

As he grew up to become a writer, we see pain in the story he tells. “I loved those books, but I also knew that love had only one purpose. I was trying to save my life” (pg.18). Alexie wanted to be someone greater than what others expected him to be. People would put him down constantly, but he fought back just as much. He tried to save himself from the stereotypes of being just another dumb Indian. He had more determination to prove others wrong when it came too exceeding in reading to further excel in his daily life.

On his seventh day he got into what is referenced to as " the weirdest fist fight " of his life. At this point Alexie composes a list called " The Unofficial and Unwritten (but you better follow them or you 're going to get beaten twice as hard) Spokane Indian Rules of Fisticuffs. Basically, this list says: you have to fight even if you only think you 're being insulted. By putting this list in his story Alexie is creating a portal into society 's expectations of the Spokane Indian reservation to give the reader a better understanding of the Native American culture.

A large similarity between the two works of literature consist of the journey of breaking certain standards of education particularly in people of color. In the essay “Superman and Me,” Alexie grew up on the Spokane Indian Reservation where to a non-Indian adult the expectation of the Indian students were very low. With these exceptions set at such a low standard the desire to give students a proper education were extremely limited. The students, as Alexie says, “struggled with basic reading,” and overall, “were expected

In contrast, “Superman and Me “ by Sherman Alexie tells the story of Alexie, as a young Indian boy, fighting his way through life. Alexie’s autobiography tells a story of how tough life can be as a Spokane Indian boy. He lived in Eastern Washington State on the Spokane Indian Reservation, this is where he and his brother and sisters resided. Alexie stated that, “ We lived on a combination of irregular paychecks, hope, fear, and government surplus foods”(Alexie 1). Poor, below the poverty point, but managed to find a job here and there making them middle-class. With the money Alexie’s father makes he provided them with their every needs. Additionally his father buys books because he is an

In his essay, “Superman and Me,” Sherman Alexie explains how books allowed him to escape the societal expectations for Native Americans. Alexie was raised on a Spokane tribe reservation in Washington state. He portrays his childhood at the reservation as revolving around literature. He then describes how his father piled literature in every room of his house, from Western action novels to comics to books about the Vietnam War. Alexie claims that a Superman comic allowed him to teach himself how to read, by looking at the drawings, dialogue, and the script and making assumptions. As a result of learning to read at the age of three, he advanced quickly in school. Alexie then compares his advancement with a non-Indian child’s, explaining how he received little recognition due to his race and society’s expectation for Native American children. He believes that he was too smart, too arrogant, and too determined to fail. In order to save his future, Alexie read anything from cereal boxes to auto repair manuals. He also stayed up late into the night reading books to gain additional knowledge. As a result of all of this reading, dedication, and perseverance, Alexie was able to go to college. Earning a college degree prepared him for his future career: a successful writer. He writes novels, short stories and poems. Along with writing, he visits many Native American schools. At the schools, he interacts with students and encourages them to read and write. He also notices that the