Superman, a strong being who was thought to be invincible. Nothing could harm him, or that is at least what he thought. This idea was also the way my family looked at life. Together we were invisible, and nothing could bring us down. Superman eventually realized he was not invincible; kryptonite was his weakness. It broke him down, and it was the only thing known that could harm him. Cancer was this weakness for my family; so far it was the only thing that really shook our family. My mom was our rock, and when she broke down, we all broke down. I used to think cancer was this big, bad sickness that would never happen to anyone in my life, but then my mom got sick. This changed my perspective on everything. Our life was anything but simple. …show more content…
I did not want too ask for to much; I felt like anything would stress her out too much. She still always tried her best to make sure I got everything I wanted and make everything perfect for me, but I could tell over time she became more and more tired. Her body was weak; the chemo was really taking over her body. She would never admit it, but we could tell she was tired, and she was hurting. On her bad days she would even stay home from work. We knew this was bad because she never, ever miss work. She was always there, and she hated letting people down. The next couple of months were hard for her and for our family. She had several surgeries and she endured many treatments of chemotherapy and radiation to get rid of the cancer. It was hard to watch our mom who was so strong become so weak and helpless. As the treatments came to an end, signs of improvement were appearing. The lump she had removed had not come back due to the chemotherapy and radiation she received. We still had one test to run, and this test was very important to my mom because it would effect my life and future. She had a test run to determine if her cancer was genetic. She got the test back, and it turned out it was genetic. I now had breast cancer on both sides of my family. My meme had breast cancer twice in her life and now my mom. This terrified my mom; she hated to think about the possibility of me having this in the future. I told her there was
It’s astonishing how one diagnosis can completely alter the life of a family. One day you’re looking to move into the fancy houses along the coast, and the next you’re forced to consider if you would be able to afford the same home with one income. When I was three years old my mom was diagnosed with uterine cancer. I was too young to know what was happening, but at the age of seven, when my mom was diagnosed for the second time, I began to notice a change in my family’s daily life. I was told not to sit on my mom’s lap and that she could not play with me as much as usual due to her Chemotherapy, but it was not until her third time contracting cancer that I noticed the pain she was in. I was fourteen when I finally learned about the very thing I had been trying to figure out for nearly my entire life. This burden has solely shaped the way I act and how I handle life’s many challenges, but how it accomplished this was not always a joyous experience.
“Those who failed were ceremonially accepted by other Indians and appropriately pitied by non-Indians.”. According to Sherman Alexie the Indian culture are expected to fail and how the Indians accept that they all do not know much. He hates that this is the case so he wants them to change the way they think. He also talks about the lack of education in the reservations and how they can change it. The author expresses the struggle of bad reading and writing education for Indians, and persuades that he wants the Indian youth to have a better education.
Sherman Alexie wrote an article called “Superman and Me” , it talks about his struggles being an smart Indian boy . The main point of the passage was as a Indian kid, Sherman Alexie dealt with stereotypes about reading and writing based upon the values of his;however, he taught himself how to read from Superman comic books. In the article it states “I refused to fail. I was smart. I was arrogant. I was lucky.” He was trying to tell he was tell he wasn’t going to give up being smart just because he’s different from other Indians . Even though he was being stereotyped , he wasn’t going to let others bring him down because he knew that he was too smart and blessed to have an education .
Everyone knows the disastrous effects cancer has on a person and their loved ones. Knowing that my mom was misdiagnosed, there could've been a moment when she may have still been here on Earth. During 2005, my mom noticed that something was wrong with her. This realization lead her to go seek a doctor at Lincoln hospital. During her examination, the doctors didn't noticed anything was wrong. After three years she went back again, and Dr. Max Ann examined my mother a second time,but this time he discovered that she had cancer. This
My mom instantly went through four intense chemotherapy treatments. I would miss class, school events, and visits with friends to sit with her through her three-hour chemotherapy sessions. When we came home from therapy, she would sleep a lot, and I was sure to be there by her side through it all.
An individual and the community they live in are both factors that impact individual's education. Superman and Me by Sherman Alexie is an essay published in the Los Angeles Times that describes the impact that reading had on his life and it shows that individuality triumphs community towards the goal to an education. He Named Me Malala is a movie dedicated to Malala Yousafzai's pursuit towards an education and it displays that an individual is responsible for their quest for an education. Savage Inequalities by Jonathan Kozol is a book that discusses the disparities in education between schools of different classes and races, the book showcases that individuals are solely responsible for their pursuit in an education. Individuals are the benefactors
“What was it? Who were they? Where are they now? Do they exist?” wonders the writer Sherman Alexie if the Native American reservation school system ever exposed him to the concept of creative writing or writers. In his essay, “The Joy of Reading: Superman and Me,” he describes how notions such as creative writing and reading high-level texts were considered “beyond Indians.” To combat such unwarranted profiling, he reminds young Native Americans of the importance of resisting negative stereotypes. Alexie claims that no matter the situations they were born into, they can still accomplish their aspirations. He supports this contention through his own experiences, reflecting upon how empowerment from reading and writing– particularly that which he garnered from reading the iconic comic Superman at the age of three– “saved” him from the failure expected from his race. In his essay, Spokane Indian-American writer Sherman Alexie employs relatable and uplifting personal narrative to motivate Native American youth to view others’ success, real or fictional, as validation of their own potential.
My mother’s side of the family has a history of cancer. My maternal grandmother and great aunt and uncle all died of some form of cancer. My mother, as well as her siblings are at risk for cancer.
Many people relationships influence childhood such as families and friends in the social world. The culture and society effects on childhood development. Sherman Alexie in “The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me” claim that the reading and having prior knowledge saved his life. He also learns that reading was his great talent while other kids could not read at their reading level. Bernard Cooper in “A Clack of Tiny Sparks: Remembrance of a Gay Boyhood” claim that he thought his parents were abnormal. In the early stage, Copper trying to figure out how to go out with boys or girls by liking them. Alexie and Cooper discuss their childhood differrntly, but society has a greater impact on their lives.
Ever seen a prodigy? You must have if you know Sherman Alexie, or Superman.Both are a type of hero. Sherman Alexie wrote “Superman and Me”. Though he was an Indian boy who in many ways acted like Superman on an Indian reservation camp. Many Native American children would often call him an oddity. For his”super powers”.
These past two years have made it hard for her to go through life. I asked her if the loss of my brother was something hard for her. She told me that she was very devastated, very sad, and that she felt that the world turned upside down. She always had thoughts of thinking if there was a future, but all in all, she takes it one step at a time. She always knows that God is there to help her. I connected to this question as well, I understood how we both felt, her tone of voice changed immediately, and I knew that right from the beginning. This was probably the hardest question to
Why I care about literacy. Reading means the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message. How does a person that doesn’t know how to read make it through one entire day? Being literate is one of the most important skills to have. It’s something that is needed on a daily basis.
During my sophomore year, I became depressed and antisocial due to problems in my life. My mother has been sick with a brain tumor since 2009 and she was diagnosed with brain cancer in 2012. It has been very hard on me and especially for my mother. I worry about her because she has shown signs of severe depression, she often talks about that she would rather be dead than alive anymore. After all of the pain, all of the humiliation of not being able to walk well, the embarrassment of not being able to write well, all of the staring and comments I would hear about my mother, she is still strong. After 6 years of pain and suffering along the way, I do not blame her. Everything seems to get worse. She now needs surgery due to avascular necrosis that was caused by many years of chemotherapy. I began to lose motivation slowly because I did not have any friends in any of my classes and I felt like I was stuck in a
Throughout Superman and Me Sherman Alexie says many impactful things that help state his overall reason for writing the article. One of the most important phrases though is this, “I refused to fail. I was smart. I was arrogant. I was lucky.” This statement is probably the most important one because it helps convey is main idea the best. Is main idea being wanting to learn himself and eventually help others learn too.
I cannot describe what I felt when my mom told me she had cancer. I was sad, I was scared; I did not even know if I felt anything. My mom, however, stayed positive and hopeful while I stayed quiet and seemingly apathetic. There was an obvious ironic contrast between the emotional state of me and the woman who actually had cancer.