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    still diminishing due to the government and there is a large quantity of rape and violence cases on the reservation. In the Native American culture and society‚ there is a prevalent cycle of failure and inability to associate with the majority of people along with mentality issues and addiction. Sherman Alexie combines these factors in the short stories “The Only Traffic Signal on the Reservation Doesn’t Flash Red Anymore” and “Every Little Hurricane‚” while the authors from “Frozen in Time”: The impact

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    Different Worlds Same Struggle Sherman Alexie and Frederick Douglass both grew up in different time periods‚ in different environments‚ and ultimately in different worlds. They both faced different struggles and had different successes‚ but in the end they weren’t really all that different. Although they grew up in different times they both had the same views on the importance of an education. They both saw education as freedom and as a sense of self-worth and though they achieved their education

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    Richard Rodriguez and Sherman Alexie shared similar experiences of adversity as children. Both authors came from disadvantaged backgrounds. Alexie and Rodriguez were minorities that attended predominantly white schools. Sherman Alexie and Richard Rodriguez established a connection with words and writing. Richard Rodriguez was aHispanic in an American environment with English speaking people. Rodriguez expressed in his essay that it was not possible to use family’s language in school. Rodriguez

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    In the short story "Superman and Me"‚ the author‚ Sherman Alexie talks about how he came about helping Native American children become educated. He detail’s about his life growing up on a Native American reservation with a limited supply of education. He taught himself how to read‚ and through the abundant supply of books from his father he became an “oddity” for being a prodigy. The author repeats the phrase‚ “I was trying to save my life” but later on he changes it to‚ “I am trying to save our

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    greater importance than the ability to read and understand the written word. It can take a person of any background as far as they can dream. This is truly evident in the essay‚ “Superman and Me”‚ by Sherman Alexie which tells of the author’s struggle growing up poor on a Native American reservation in Washington State. From a young age‚ his literacy became Alexie’s saving grace‚ thanks to his father who inspired him to begin reading. This inspiration changed the path of his life. I‚ too‚ was

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    Storytelling is a vital component of Native American culture. Each story is passed down through multiple generations and is seen as a sacred part of that family’s history‚ as well as a way to continue legacies and preserve tribal traditions. In Sherman Alexie’s Indian Killer‚ characters manipulate the tradition of storytelling in order to identify with their culture and appropriate others’ when in need of a physical or spiritual connection to their ethnic background‚ which results in physical and

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    In the short story “Every Little Hurricane‚” author Sherman Alexie expresses that a culture’s environment is the greatest barrier to individualism; specifically‚ environmental determinism creates a broad obstacle being that it’s a leading factor in determining not just what people do‚ but who they are. One’s environment‚ or one’s "storm‚" hinders an individual’s climb towards determining his own identity.Victor is a young boy living on the Spokane Reserve that struggles with his culture’s alcoholism

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    Education Reading Responses 1. The overarching tone of this piece is shamefully miserable. Sherman Alexie conveys this by using negative diction‚ for example; Alexie begins his first grade excerpt by saying‚ “My hair was short and the U.S. Government glasses were horn-rimmed‚ ugly…” The author uses the word ‘ugly’ to indicate young Alexie lacks in self confidence and is ashamed of his appearance. Alexie continues on saying‚ “… in school the other Indian boys chased me from one corner of the playground

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    who was not set up from birth to be a success. When reading One Stick Song‚ you get the sense that the author is a person who has a sense of humor. Yet‚ not one of his poems or vignettes made me laugh‚ and I think that is a product of how well Alexie infuses his writing with the past. Many of his writings are extremely clever‚ with little twists in them to catch the reader. This is Alexie’s way of showing the reader what their expectations were‚ and then refusing to fulfill them. One in particular

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    a young age knew and taught himself how to read! How did he manage to do this? What is it like to try and change a certain action that everyone else does? Sherman Alexie was just six months old when he had started to experience a life-changing process. His life was between in life or death. His parents weren’t ordinary parents. Somehow‚ Alexie gained the motivation to learn how to be on his own and learn how to read because he couldn’t do it. He would notice that not many people like him in his

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