Sherman Alexie Learning To Read And Write

Generally, every individual’s learning experience has its own inspiring and meaningful stories; a learning experience that has its own unique distinctions, interpretations, complications, sacrifices, has its endless possibilities, and most importantly, a learning experience that has its own effective action and optimistic option for execution. For example: In “The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me,” Sherman Alexie highlights his enjoyment of reading and writing. He claims that as a kid, he reminds himself that he is a “smart Indian boy” even though it is not recognized on a reservation or even if non-Indian teachers believe that Indian children are stupid. Similarly, in “Learning to Read and Write,” Frederick Douglass demonstrates

At an early age, Alexie lived on an Indian reservation community. He first taught himself how to read in a Superman comic book by looking at the pictures and pretended to read their actions by way of illustrating the pictures. He continued to excel as he grew older because he read almost anything that had words with it, such as cereal boxes, bulletins posted at the school, the clinic and the tribal offices, including his father’s book collections. Eventually, he turned his passion for a very successful career: A writer of novels, short stories, and poems, including teaching a creative writing class to Indian children. He inspired the younger generation, even the students who refused to learn due to the fact that they had been forced to believe that they were incapable of succeeding in school. Alexie was hopeful to save not only his, but also the lives of everyone in the community. Likewise, Douglass’ life as a slave did not interfere with his passion for learning, even though his enslavers made him believe that education was not suited for slaves like him. He also fought the ignorance of his fellow slaves who continually thought that education was not designed for slaves like them because they were mentally and physically trained to be slaves for life. Eventually, he made new friends within his neighborhood as he wanted them

Didion became a writer by writing meaningful or random notes. She learned about herself and other people by examining her own writing because she asserted that as we grow older, we will gradually forget who we were in the past, from our childhood to teenage memories including our heartbreaks and friends we met along the way. These notes served as handy momentous from the past; and recorded information how much we had grown through the years. Most importantly, reflecting on the events through our writings was the most enduring way to keep that memory close to our hearts. Without a doubt, she was able to bring her point across of keeping a notebook. Meanwhile, Malcolm X inspired many people, especially those who were incarcerated. Prisoners like him should view prison as a time of enlightenment and a true realization about ourselves versus the end of life as we normally portrayed it. While in prison, Malcolm X claimed that he can barely write in a straight line, and his vocabulary words were extremely poor. He literally read books for hours, day after day until four o’clock in the morning, reading in hall light after “lights out.” He accredited that books were his “Alma Mater” because he became self-educated by reading them whenever and wherever it was possible. These readings were what developed Malcolm X into a very effective and admirable writer. He exemplified that through self-motivation and