Why The Best Kids Books Are Written In Blood Sherman Alexie Analysis

“I write in blood because I remember what it felt like to bleed” (“Best Kid Books” 27). This quote is simply telling us that Sherman Alexie doesn’t write just to write but he writes because the he knows what blood and pain feels like so he's trying to give those that have nothing a source of comforting because they know they aren't the only ones. Sherman Alexie is a Native American novelist, short story, filmmaker and poet. Alexie is a writer who targets young adults and teens who had a terrible childhood and he wants to give them comfort. Alexies style of writing is straightforward and uncensored. He is straightforward and uncensored because he’s not afraid to write about harsh topics such as rape, killing, blood, and poverty. Alexie could
For example, in the middle of “ Why the Best Kids Books Are Written in Blood” a short story about how Alexie was a surprise speaker at a Alternative high school, and he talks about how the ceremony was boring and painful. During the novel he tells a couple of stories about a young girl who was a teen mother and how people doubted her but she ended up graduating college, one about how his mailbox is filled with handwritten letter and none of them are hating on his books but a lady complains about his books. The story also mentions Alexie's purpose for writing. The author state, “ They wanted to protect me from sex when I had already been raped. They wanted to protect me from evil though a future serial killer had already abused me. They wanted me to profess my love for God without considering that I was the child and grandchild of men and women who’d been sexually and physical abused by generations of clergy” (12). The conflict Alexie uses here is man vs.man. The reader sees conflict because Alexie refuse to listen to what his fellow tribal members try to tell him. He only laughs at their remarks and new that they couldn’t save him. This quote shows man vs. man because Alexie is refusing to do what they tell him to because he has already been raped so how is that supposed to stop him from sex, they wanted to protect him from danger but he has already been abused, they wanted to confess his love to God but his ancestors have been sexually and physical abuse. The effect of this quote in the book is to show how people tell him that his writing is to violent and inappropriate. This is because this is his life. The quote tells you that he had nothing in his childhood, so now he writes about it to gives those teens who have nothing a little bit of hope. Alexie’s purpose for writing is to highlight the struggles orphans go through. This conflict scene draws a picture that you have