Sherman Alexie's Superman And Me

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.

The casual tone allows him to engage with his readers more effectively, for it feels as if it is a normal day-to-day conversation with the author. This can also relate to the intended target audience. Sherman is attempting to share his experience with school-age children as well as adults who may read his passage. This fact is evident in the way that he simplifies his sentences and yet uses mature enough language and grammar so that his passage can resonate with anyone who can read, young or old. For the kids, he attempts to inspire them by recounting how not being afraid to speak up in class and be the intelligent one among his classmates benefitted him in the long run – he pursued his love of writing, and achieved his goal of being an author. His message to children is that you can do anything, no matter what odds or challenges are stacked against you. For the adults, his message is that nurturing young children and encouraging them to read, write, and learn will produce a well-rounded individual later on, and that everyone is unique and has potential regardless of origin or

This article was published in the Los Angeles Times, this says that he was writing to a diverse set of people. Even though you need to be in a specific situation to relate to the article it still is made to try to change people's minds. At the same time, he is talking to his people and wants them to not make reading and writing a foreign subject. He stresses that his people have low standards and how they are okay according to Sherman “those who failed were ceremonially accepted by other Indians and appropriately pitied by non-Indians.”. Also, this reading makes the audience that cannot relate feel inspired because of the writer's life and how overcame his lack of education. At last, anyone can read this reading and feel inspired to do great things or it could make the reader feel bad about the injustice in the world.

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In “Superman and Me”, Alexie explains his socio-economic status in the reservation and outside of the reservation. This creates a sense of sympathy and connectedness with the audience because they pity Alexie’s past. Alexie mentions his parents struggles with jobs, “We were poor by most standards, but one of my parents usually managed to find some minimum wage job or another” (Alexie 1). The audience now can see how unlikely Alexie is to succeed in comparison to another child outside of the reserve, this creates a sense of sympathy for Alexie. In a study conducted, it was found that “low expectations by themselves

How do people perceive others’ limits when they've never had a chance to prove themselves? Miles Corwin, a newspaper reporter from the gang roaming streets of South Central, wrote And Still We Rise to enlighten the lives of the children who, despite the challenges they face around them, are madly driven to finish high school and seek better lives. The author wrote about twelve gifted students at Crenshaw High School, filled with hidden potential, to show that the neighborhood wasn’t just a place full of gang activity, but rather a place filled with students who wanted to grow up and make something of themselves knowing education was key. The targeted audience of the book were individuals who had similar problems to the students; Corwin

It is unsettling to imagine what my life would be like if my father was not fortunate enough to receive the education and guidance that he had. Maybe my parents would not have left the crime-ridden streets of Johannesburg to seek safer lives. I probably would have followed in my grandfather’s footsteps and worked in the grim conditions of a South African gold mine. Perhaps I would become a discouraged alcoholic like my uncle, working as an underpaid, over-scheduled steel mill welder. It is not possible to know, but in most likelihood, I would not be in the fortunate position I am now. Education is a necessity to attain a prosperous life. A strong educational foundation must concentrate on the skills of reading and writing. Often a quality education is not accessible to lower socioeconomic class citizens, which results in those people remaining stagnant in their current class. In Sherman Alexie’s essay, “The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me”, it is clear that individuals of lower class designations must seek alternate methods to become literate to compensate for the limited opportunities they have due to stereotypes that obstruct access to effective education.

There will always be those who strikes their hardest to learn even though others downgrade them. In the essay “Super Man and Me” Sherman Alexie explains what happen in his personal life while he was still at school. Alexie is an Indian boy who loves to read ever since he was a little child. “A little Indian boy teaches himself to read at an early age and advanced quickly” (497). However the non-Indians expected less from the Indians kids. They expect them to be stupid and uneducated. Nevertheless Alexie refuses to fail, he was a very smart boy who kept on teaching himself. Alex proved the non-Indians wrong by becoming a writer. This is a claim of value because, most of the time people expect less from us based on our nationality and race, but it is our obligation to prove them wrong; our future does not depend on what others think of us, but how hard we strike to have a better future. I too can relate to the essay Super Man and Me because of my teacher in Junior High also expected less from me and also treated me differently base on my nationality.

Education is something that is often taken for granted in this day and age. Kids these days rebel against going to school all together. In the essays “The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me” by Sherman Alexie and “Learning to Read and Write” by Frederick Douglass, we learn of two young men eager for knowledge. Both men being minors and growing up in a time many years apart, felt like taking how to read and write into their own hands, and did so with passion. On the road to a education, both Alexie and Douglass discover that education is not only pleasurable, but also painful. Alexie and Douglass both grew up in different times, in different environments, and in different worlds. They both faced different struggles and had different achievements, but they were not all that different. Even though they grew up in different times they both had the same views on how important of education was. They both saw education as freedom and as a way of self-worth even though they achieved their education in different ways. They both had a strong mind and a strong of sense of self-motivation.

Throughout literature many pieces of work can be compared and contrasted to each other. In “Superman and Me,” Sherman Alexie discusses the challenges he faced as a young Indian adult, who found his passion of reading at an early age, living on the Spokane Indian Reservation. He challenged the stereotype of the young Indian students who were thought to be uneducated while living on a reservation. Likewise, in the excerpt from The Hunger of Memory, Richard Rodriguez shares his similar experience of being a minority and trying to break stereotypes of appearing uneducated. He shares the details of his life growing up learning a different culture and the struggles he faced becoming assimilated into American culture. In these two specific pieces of literature discuss the importance of breaking stereotypes of social and educational American standards and have similar occupational goals; on the other hand the two authors share their different family relationships.

She kept insisting to do things the non-Bolivian way and her mother continuously explained to Andrea that’s not the way she was raised. “Why did I have an American flag next to my Bolivian one? My mother instilled Bolivian values in me…” (Roman 256) she included both flags indicating that she doesn’t want to fail her mother and forget the Bolivian culture.

In the story superman and Me, one idea Alexie explores it that people should not let obstacles get in the way of learning ( or their future). Sherman fought with his classmate on a daily basis. They wanted him to stay quiet when the non-idian teacher asked for answer, for volunteers, for help. So what is happening is that sherman wants a better life for kinda, the evidence prove that his class mates are obsacle of learning and anwerinfg the questions. This is so cause Sherman fought with his class mate because he was answering the question from the non-idian teacher. Kids who refuse and resist ¨Books¨ Sherman says to them. ¨Books¨he say. Sherman throws his weight againist their locked doors. The door hold, He smart, He arrogant, He lucky, He

Superman and Me by Sherman Alexie Sherman Alexie was an American Indian writer. He born in Spokane Reservation in Washington State in 1966. He graduated from Washing State University and he has many publications. He recognizes as an activist for the Native American rights and culture. “Superman and Me” was one of his famous essays, where he describes the impact of learning to read and write on his personal life, where he explain in details the vivid similarity between looking at his comic books and picturing himself doing same actions in the book .

When children first begin to start reading, they look to narratives. Lunsford states how narratives, “...are stories, and they are fundamental parts of our everyday lives” (101). They provide readers with a scenic image, theme, and interesting plot. Whether it be a childhood fairy tale or a documentary found on Netflix, these narratives all have the same characteristics to them. Each story contains a specific event, a setting, telling details, and a straightforward message for the audience to comprehend. By knowing all these factors beforehand, a writer can prepare their own narrative while still considering their rhetorical situation. When trying to organize a narrative, one must take into consideration the main idea; which is the situation

Throughout the Three pieces of literature I read – “Superman and Me” by Sherman Alexie, “Crazy Courage” by Alma Luz Villanueva, and “Theme for English B” by Langston Hughes, multiple claims are implied on the subject of knowledge and individual power. Whether it is about Race, being different, or the struggle to survive, they all point towards the same direction. They all show that being strong, proud, and courage is what makes you individually powerful, even if others may look down upon you or think of you as weird. Through the use of the rhetorical appeals ethos, logos, and pathos, these three authors truly move the readers to really accept what they are trying to prove.