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    In this text‚ Sherman Alexie talks about how he learned to read. He explains why he wanted to read. During his life‚ he read many different books. He even says in the article that he read anything that had paragraphs or words. The quote‚ “Despite all the books I read‚ I am still surprised I became a writer‚” means that even though he had read many books‚ he didn’t think he could try to become a writer. He never knew that Indians could be writers. The Indians were never taught how to write in school

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    Analysis of “Indian Education” by Sherman Alexie On the surface‚ the selection “Indian Education‚” by Sherman Alexie‚ is a brief summary of Alexie’s school experience as a minor. However‚ as the audience reads the selection‚ it becomes clear that there is something nebulous about Alexie’s school experience that most people would hardly understand: he spends most of his school years on an Indian reservation. Alexie assembles his story in categories‚ with a grade for each section. In a manner reminiscent

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    Indian Education In the short story “Indian Education” by Sherman Alexie‚ the narrator’s life parallels Alexie’s in many ways. The narrator of this story is a boy named Victor who lives on a reservation with his two parents. Like Victor‚ Alexie grew up on a reservation in the state of Washington. Both boys were teased and bullied by their fellow classmates and initially decided to go to school outside of their reservation for greater educational opportunities. “Indian Education” follows an Indian

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    Compare and Contrast Essay Frederick Douglass V. Sherman Alexie As a young child‚ we are given certain opportunities and guidance to expand our knowledge right off the bat when it comes to reading and writing. Going to school to get an education is what every parent aspires their child to do. Parents want the best for their children‚ to be accepted and to learn to their fullest extent just like every other child their age. However‚ there are many children and families who are not as privileged

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    Sherman Alexie is a modern day warrior in the excerpt‚ “Indian Education” by Sherman Alexie. Sherman Alexie is a warrior because he doesn’t give up. He would have easily dropped out of high school but instead he endured the difficult process of acquiring a diploma while many of his classmates only got buy with a certificate of completion. Also‚ Sherman Alexie is a warrior because he always kept calm. There were plenty of opportunities for Sherman to retaliate and fight back when dealing with unfair

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    Sherman Alexie is the author of “Superman and Me”. This is a story about Alexie teaching himself to read with a Superman comic book which also inspired him to become a writer. In this story‚ Alexie made a claim that “A smart Indian is a dangerous person‚ widely feared and ridiculed by Indians and non-Indians alike.” (Alexie 497). He found himself to be a dangerous person because of his experience of discrimination. Nonetheless‚ it is an unrealistic claim in that a “…smart Indian” (Alexie 497) or

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    power. For Sherman Alexie learning to read gave him the power to rise above the stereotype for native americans. In his essay‚ “Superman and Me”‚ Alexie reveals the story of how against all odds‚ he learned to read‚ and how it changed his life. He builds a persuasive argument by proving his credibility as an impoverished child and the use of strong emotional appeals to convince the reader on the importance of the difference an education can make in someone’s life. In his short story‚ Alexie begins

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    immigrated to Canada in 1992 she had clear sense of who she was‚ her culture and identity had a strong foundation that could not be shaken.As a child of an immgrant understanding who I was and where I belonged was diffcult and at times confunsing. In Sherman Alexie’s “War Dances”‚ the protagonist struggles to understand the national identity of First Nation peoples and his own cynicism of what he sees as a lack of authenticity in First Nation culture. The colonization of Canada and the policy of assimilation

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    In Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian‚ Mary is a quiet‚ high-school graduate recluse living on the Spokane Indian Reservation in the basement of her parents’ house. While Mary’s brother Junior has dreams and aspirations of leaving the reservation‚ he views Mary as someone destined to live and die on the rez. But‚ what Junior does not initially see is Mary’s internal need to break the vicious cycle of oppression towards Native Americans. Junior only seeing certain traits

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    discussion‚ but in the end “Mr. P” tells junior “Son…You’re going to find more and more hope the farther and farther you walk away from this sad‚ sad‚ sad reservation” (Alexie‚ 2007). Junior should not have to transfer schools and go through hell for being Indian. Throughout “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” (Alexie‚ 2007)‚ Junior is ridiculed and neglected for being Native American not only by his peers‚ but his teachers as well. There is a quote that makes one quiver and is much

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