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The Influence Of Family In Superman And Me

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The people around an individual, including family, have a major influence in creating one’s identity. In the short story “Superman and Me”, by Sherman Alexie, one learns that Sherman’s dad, reads an extreme quantity and because he “loved his father with an aching devotion” he decided to love books as well. (Alexie 1). A person inherits traits from his or her parents and an individual can idolize them. Sherman looked up to his father a large quantity because he was his dad and Sherman admired him because of his intelligence and love for books and reading. Sherman’s dad was his only role model. Family is always involved in times of memory making, especially embarrassing ones. Amy Tan’s story, “Fish Cheeks”, is an example. There were people at

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