“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot‚ Nothing is going to get better. It’s not” (Dr.Seuss‚ The lorax). In The Fourth of July by Audre Lorde and The Joy of Reading and Writing : Superman and Me by Sherman Alexie‚ both protagonists are treated as outcasts and have their unique selves suppressed by society‚ but continue to question why their identities are being taken away. Sherman Alexie and Audre Lorde both undergo the merciless cruelty that is racism‚ and discover they must actively fight
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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 makes his life seem interesting by telling us‚ in his story‚ the joy of reading and writing: superman and me. In his story he tells us how he grew up‚ what he grew up doing‚ how his life style was‚ and how he became the man he is today. Sherman also talks about teaching himself how to read. He was a very smart Indian boy who loved to read just like his father did. He stated that he loved his father so much‚ and his father loved to read‚ so he said he would love reading too. He was
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books due to the introduction. How I thought to myself that this was a biography about guy name Sherman. Him explaining how he reads books at a very young age while other couldn’t. The author conveys that Sherman picked up a book before he could even read‚ So I thought that this was going to be about a guy who prefers books over social life. However‚ as I continued to read Superman and Me by Sherman Alexie it gives me imagination. Within that scenery‚ I saw Sherman’s thoughts and emotions. He begins
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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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opportunity to go to the authorities on the stolen regalia‚ he turned the policeman down because he knew it wasn’t the pawn man’s fault the clothing was stolen and it was his job to get it back on his own. I loved the end when he put the regalia on and started dancing. He said everyone stopped and starred. Now that part can be true because Native dances aren’t your typical dances that you see every day and people who have never seen it before would be take it by surprise. They are beautiful dances that
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Sherman Alexie‚ the author of “Indian Education” writes from his personal experiences as a Native American. He writes about his experience in school at both a Native American school and a white school. His life was greatly influenced by his heritage‚ which led to his writings being influenced by it too. He writes straight from his life and how he felt during that time or event. In “Indian Education”‚ it is evident he writes straight from his life‚ because he does not only write about the good moments
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Henderson Lamar 1101 Ms. Comer November 13‚ 2012 My Insight on “Flight” Flight by Sherman Alexie was an empowering novel about a boy‚ named Zit‚ who in my opinion never experienced true love. He learned how to shut down and not feel any type of emotion. He learned that if you don’t love anybody then they wouldn’t be able to hurt you‚ if you don’t give your trust to people they wouldn’t be able to deceive you. Zit is fifteen and for the past nine years he has from careless family member house
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and Junior have a long 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
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“Indian Education” by Sherman Alexie In the article title “Indian Education”‚ by Sherman Alexie. He attends a junior high school and a farm town high school close-by. “Indian Education‚” follows him through junior high school all the way through high school. He experience being bullied and also stereotype by junior high teachers. Alexie suffers punishment by his teacher where he attends the tribal school on the Spokane reservation. She put him to stand facing the wall with his hands up‚ holding books
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