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Compare And Contrast Superman And Me By Sherman Alexie

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Sherman Alexie and I both have two difference-makers in our lives that have and will continue to make a difference in our lives. In “Superman and Me”, Sherman Alexie’s difference makers were books and his father. For example, Sherman said, “My father loved books, and since I loved my father with an aching devotion, I decided to love books as well”. What Sherman meant here was that he decided to like books because like most children, they enjoy or want to enjoy what their parents have interests in. He liked that his father, unlike many other people he knew, had a passion for something that other people did not. This made Sherman Alexie strive to be different and better than the people around him. This lead to him starting the career that he …show more content…

I read books my father brought home from pawnshops and secondhand”. What he was trying to say here was that he loved to read! He would read anything that he laid his eyes on. This love of reading motivated him to want to write his own stories and poems that other people could enjoy just as he did. One last example is, “ The words inside of a paragraph worked together for a common purpose. They had some specific reason for being inside the same fence. This knowledge delighted me.” What he meant was that he took paragraphs out of books and applied them to the real-world in order to make better understanding of things going on around him. All of the words in the paragraph stood for something. Just like all of the people in a community. Just like Sherman Alexie, I have two groups of people in my life that have and will continue to make a difference in my life. Those two things are my family and friends. My family is always there for me whether it involves sports, any average day, or when I am needing assistance for anything. They are always there to support me. One example would be that after every football game, they always offer to carry my gear and

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Both Beatty from Fahrenheit 451 and Sherman Alexie, author of "The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me," have strong feelings about the value of books. This can be seen numerous times throughout each story. Beatty despises books and wants them destroyed in Fahrenheit 451.It is stated in the text that “Let's not quibble other individuals with memoriams forget them”(Bradbury 57). This demonstrates how Beatty thinks books are offensive and that remembering the past brings back unpleasant feelings, so he simply says to burn it. Another piece of proof that would support Beatty's opinion of books is”colored people don't like little black sambo…Burn the book.serenity,Montag.peace,Montag”(Bradbury 57).This shows how Beatty feels that books are

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In The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me by Sherman Alexie, Alexie states “A smart Indian is a dangerous person, widely feared and ridiculed by Indians and non-Indians alike” (Alexie 364). I would have to disagree with this statement. He is making it sound like just because he is a minority that received somewhat of an education, he should be feared by others. I believe that anyone who is smart and forceful in a community is dangerous because they have the willpower to go to any lengths to uphold their beliefs. On the other hand, I also believe that just because you are smart, you don’t necessarily have to be feared.

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This story is written by Sherman Alexie and is a story of hope for the children of different ethnicity. Hope for them to merge in the American society. The author in the story presents himself as a child having a dream to blend in the American society and by sticking to his dream he grew among the children of his same background. Sherman is a Native American Indian and is expected to be slow and “stupid”. The story is interesting.

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Superman Learns to Read Four star general, Colin Powell once said, “Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate and eliminate doubt, to offer a solution everybody can understand.” His quote rings true for many elements that great leaders and strong arguments share. In order for arguments to be successful, they must be simplified, eliminate doubt, and propose an easy-to-comprehend solution. The argument must be simplified through clear and concise prose. The argument must acknowledge opposing views and void the opposition’s claim.

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In the text, “Superman and Me,”One main quote that explains everything you need to know about this article is when Sherman Alexie says, “I wasrefused to fail. I was smart. I was lucky.” Many people that have read this choose to believe that this quote is just an irritating repetition of how he felt about himself, however, closer examination shows that it actually develops his main claim and central idea, refines his claims, and shows the purpose of this text all in one quote. Alexie was a young, Indian boy who just wanted to know how to read in write in the aspiration of becoming emotionally closer to his father because he loved him so.

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A Superhero is not judged by the power he has,but only by the choices he makes. In the essay,”Superman and Me” by Sherman Alexie, the author uses an extended metaphor to explain his relationship with the fictional character Superman. Alexie uses many things in his life to compare himself to Superman. Although Alexie may not be seen as a hero with actual superpowers, he demonstrates the qualities of a superhero in different ways. Alexie is seen as someone that almost resembles an alien in the eyes of his society.

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In the poem the speaker believes that a wall is unnecessary saying it can ruin relationships while the neighbor believes it will improve their relationship. The repetition of the line “Good fences make good neighbors.” highlights the neighbors clear disinterest in furthering their relationship. The fence and wall are used interchangeably because the fence doesn't just represent the divide in the land but the wall in their relationship stopping them from furthering their journey together. Using symbolism in the lines “

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herman Alexie began to break down the walls of Native American Reservation life ever since he picked up his first book; or in his case a Superman comic when he was only three years old. Alexie had not yet learned to read, but assumed that the comic read, “ Superman is breaking down the door,” and that Superman says, “I am breaking down the door.”. Growing up on a Spokane Reservation, his creativity; like the brown door in the comic, is blocked. His fellow classmates and his white teachers continuously told him that because of his heritage, because he was “Indian”, he was not supposed to be smart. He was ridiculed by the people around him for answering questions in class and reading books.

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“To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark” (Victor Hugo). And just with a spark of reading, Sherman Alexie discovers a passion for reading books, in the end saving his life from the misery of living a poor middle-class life. Similarly, it frees Frederick Douglass from the unjust life of a slave, and leads him to pursue the flame and learn to read. And with the power of fire, William Stafford sets flame to books in his poem, books that no one bothers writing, books of ignorance, books that unfortunately do not exist to save lives. Reading makes a person realize her/his position in society and defy it.

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I read books late into the night, until I could barely keep my eyes open… I loved those books, but I also knew that love had only one purpose. I was trying to save my life.” Being like Sherman Alexie meant he was neither accepted as a smart non-Indian boy, nor was he accepted as a dumb Indian boy. He was lost in the shadows, to never be welcomed into either group. Which in his case was a good thing, there in the shadows he had even more time to gain intelligence, he could read and increase his likelihood of forcing open the cement door that stood in his way.

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She learned almost everything that she needed to know from reading books. Since her father was a writer, she also wanted to be a writer as good as him. Her father would teach her how to write and all the

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In the essay “Superman and Me”, the author, Sherman Alexie recalls the time he first learned to read. He talks about his Indian culture and the perception of people like himself. He also discusses his childhood and the outcome of learning to read. The reoccurring theme of the essay is the love of reading. The author used various literacy devices to express the feelings of empowerment, happiness and the necessity that came with learning to read.

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