Superman And Me Analysis
Destine Moore
English Composition II
Rough Draft
October 28, 2014
Knowledge and Individual Power Often people may here the saying “knowledge is power.” What people may not take the time to think on is what kind of power and can be released through knowledge. In the poems “Crazy Courage” and “Superman and Me” the idea being expressed is that knowledge is necessary to a person release their true individual power. The specific individual power in both cases is the strength to be oneself and fight against nonconformity. In both passages the authors depict some sort of knowledge that ultimately gives the characters their individual strength. In the reading “Superman and Me” Sherman Alexie describes his childhood and growing up as an Indian boy …show more content…
whom she comes across in her English class. When she first sees Michael B. he is dressed in men’s clothes as expected. Her next encounter with Michael is in her poetry class where he dressed as a woman. What is so surprising to the author and others is, despite him being dressed as a women he is still very confident and collective in his masculinity. His level of comfort is surprising due to the fact of the various people in the audience he is in front of in this poetry class. There are many different people from different points of spectrum. There are young people, people who would be amused, impressed, or people who would not take to kindly of this act. Yet despite all of those factors he still has the confidence and ability to just be himself and express himself the way he would …show more content…
In a scholarly article the relationship of how a person in a group uses their individual power to come to help a group come to consensus. In the article it speaks about how an individual making a “power move” can sometimes help a group come to a compromise or a consensus. After reading the article I feel that the “power move” that is being mentioned can also be seen as knowledge. In a group setting a person who has the most knowledge will step up more to help lead or aid the group itself and its members. This shows that with knowledge you can make these necessary “power
English Composition II
Rough Draft
October 28, 2014
Knowledge and Individual Power Often people may here the saying “knowledge is power.” What people may not take the time to think on is what kind of power and can be released through knowledge. In the poems “Crazy Courage” and “Superman and Me” the idea being expressed is that knowledge is necessary to a person release their true individual power. The specific individual power in both cases is the strength to be oneself and fight against nonconformity. In both passages the authors depict some sort of knowledge that ultimately gives the characters their individual strength. In the reading “Superman and Me” Sherman Alexie describes his childhood and growing up as an Indian boy …show more content…
whom she comes across in her English class. When she first sees Michael B. he is dressed in men’s clothes as expected. Her next encounter with Michael is in her poetry class where he dressed as a woman. What is so surprising to the author and others is, despite him being dressed as a women he is still very confident and collective in his masculinity. His level of comfort is surprising due to the fact of the various people in the audience he is in front of in this poetry class. There are many different people from different points of spectrum. There are young people, people who would be amused, impressed, or people who would not take to kindly of this act. Yet despite all of those factors he still has the confidence and ability to just be himself and express himself the way he would …show more content…
In a scholarly article the relationship of how a person in a group uses their individual power to come to help a group come to consensus. In the article it speaks about how an individual making a “power move” can sometimes help a group come to a compromise or a consensus. After reading the article I feel that the “power move” that is being mentioned can also be seen as knowledge. In a group setting a person who has the most knowledge will step up more to help lead or aid the group itself and its members. This shows that with knowledge you can make these necessary “power