Coming of Age with the Yankees The book Bat Boy by Matthew McGough is a autobiography. Bat Boy is a print written in 2005 several years after Matthew finished working in the clubhouse. The book takes place in Bronx, New York City, New York. Matthew’s life started in 1975, in New York City, New York.
The story of his life in “Superman and me” by, Sherman Alex, expressed deeply of himself on how dedicated and content he was during his youthful life. As a young impecunious Indian boy, he grew up on the sides of Eastern Washington state following the path of his father’s dedication in the love of reading and writing. He self taught his way up to be an overachiever reader by constantly reading everything he saw in sight. Later in life, acting as a life saver, he taught those who lacked in reading and writing. He’s proud and prudent to this day, leading those who are inspired by his novels, poems and short stories.
Alexie, Sherman, “Superman and Me: The Joy of Reading and Writing.” Los Angeles Times, 19 April 1998. Sherman Alexie shared how his childhood of reading helped him become a better reader and a leader for others. He first read a Superman comic and then went on to bigger and better books. Alexie explains that in his Native American reservation it’s okay for children not to excel in school.
The term point of view, in opinion, can go either way with both syntax and diction. Point of view is the vantage point from which a story is told. The point of view pertains to both syntax and because point of view relates to the whole passage; where some words are arranged a certain way to make a point and certain words to be chosen to help get a point
Tupac Shakur, a rapper from the 90s once said, “Do everything you can to make it around the system, over the system, or out of the system.” Sherman Alexie, the author of “Superman and Me,” grew up poor on a reservation with a love for books, and is now an author. Frederick Douglass, the author of Narrative of The Life of Frederick Douglass, a slave from the 1800’s, who did everything in his power to learn to read and write. Frederick Douglass more effectively uses imagery to support his central idea, however Sherman Alexie does not use metaphors as well to support his central idea. Frederick Douglass most effectively uses imagery to support his central idea that education is the key for personal freedom and it is wrong for anyone to take that
In the essays, “Reading to Write” by Stephen King, “The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me” by Sherman Alexie, “Learning to Read” Malcolm X, and “Learning to Write” by Frederick Douglas have three things in common. In each essay Reading has contributed towards the authors life leading to benefit from learning to read, allowing them to leave a legacy behind. In each essay the authors has thought their self how unlike Frederick Douglass. For Stephen King, reading has done a lot for him. King stated, “Every book you pick up has its own lesson or lessons, and quite often the bad books have more to teach than the good ones” (221).
Summary: “Superman an Me” In this short story, “The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me”, by Sherman Alexie, the author explains to his audience the life of a young Indian boy who valued knowledge and education, even though growing up poor in an American society, it was stereotypically accepted for all Indians to be uneducated failures in the non-Indian world. Alexie, believing knowledge will save his life, began to teach himself how to read at a young age, using the cheap books brought by his father. He introduced his essay by stating how he learned to read with a Superman comic, making up his own dialogue followed by each image. He would read whatever he could find to gain any sort of knowledge, refusing to agree that all Indians
In Blows story he talks about his love for books, and how it saved his life. Sherman Alexie does the same thing in “Superman and Me”. They share their own stories and the books that saved them. They tell us how their families played a part of what they became. We also learn how their childhood was and how the books were introduced to them at a young age.
Upon reading the essays, “The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me” by Sherman Alexie, “Learning to Read and Write” by Frederick Douglass, and “Learning to Read” by Malcolm X, one can easily identify the commonalities amongst the three authors. All three men were born into what was considered to be minority ethnicities, during an era when education was discouraged amongst minority races. Alexie was a Native American, while Douglass and Malcolm X were both of the African race. There were also major differences between the writers. Alexie was a prodigy, Douglass was a suppressed slave, and Malcolm X was a criminal.
Nationalism and sectionalism share the same idea but on different scales. Pride and love for your country is nationalism. Ones allegiance to their particular section of their country is sectionalism. Before the era of good feeling America leaned more towards sectionalism. People had considered themselves Rhode islanders or Virginians and didn’t really call themselves Americans.
As I read many of the essay in This I Believe edited by Jay Allison I felt like many of them related to my life, some more than others. Out of the many essays in This I Believe my favorite is “Remembering All the Boys” by Elvia Bautista. This is my favorite essay because her and I share many of the same beliefs and views on treating people with kindness and compassion no matter what wrong they’ve done to you or your family, which are core values my family instilled in me at a young age. At one point in her essay she says, “My brother was sixteen when he was shot by someone who liked red, who killed him because he liked blue”(17). A few lines later she says “And we will go together and bring a big bunch of flowers enough for both of these
Family is Everything “Making the family a top priority will invariably bring success.” These words by motivational speaker, Zig Ziglar, may seem subjective to some, yet obvious to others. Through dialogue and character thoughts in The Crossover, Kwame Alexander uses the loss of a young son’s biggest inspiration to highlight the connection between family and success. Josh is a 14 year old, highschooler who is a big basketball star at his school. Some may say it’s talent, but in this case, it’s more than that.
The play script I decided to read is called Harvey by Mary Chase. The story is about a man whose best friend a pooka is named Harvey which is in the form of a six-foot, three-and-a-half-inch tall invisible rabbit (also known as he’s imaginary friend). The script is broken down into a three-act of comedy that follows the frustrated attempts of society matron Veta Louise Simmons to keep the eccentricities of her brother, Elwood P. Dowd, from public view. She along with her others feel as if Elwood behavior is embarrassing. Such as the time in the opening scene the guest of honor at a piano recital hosted by Veta is frightened away when Elwood tries to introduce her to Harvey.
Najuana also took her research one step further with her title selection, “Engaging the Pink Elephant in the Room: Investigating Race and Racism through Art Education”. The author combines two phrases that are widely known in the literary world. “Addressing the elephant in the room”, and “The white elephant” are two separate phrases that are commonly combined in today’s language. A “White Elephant” is something more expensive to maintain than its overall value or usefulness, and which the owner can't seem to dispose of. This term is often used by retailers trying to get rid of excess stock that isn't selling, mostly just to give the impression of deep discounts.
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.
