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    I have chosen “Superman and Me” by Sherman Alexie to discuss about. This literacy narrative first appeared in “The Most Wonderful Books: Writers on Discovering the pleasures of Reading.” Sherman Alexie is a well known Native American writer that publishes short stories‚ novels and poetry. Out of the three narratives‚ I found myself connect with this story more than the others. Alexie tells us about his childhood as a Indian boy that grew up on the Reservation. His father was a big reader so as a

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    Crazy Dream Screenplay SCENE 1 FADE IN: INT. DARK ROOM – NIGHT In the middle of the dark table a crystal ball shines. As the camera focuses now the MAGICIAN‚ magical sounds or Arab music sounds in the background. MAGICIAN Welcome to the only place on earth were your wish may come true The magical and mysterious face of the magician is shown and aluminium sparks spread out for 5 seconds from the magician’s hands. The magician is wearing a purple robe. The camera’s attention goes to “THE DREAMER”

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    Adversity In Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian‚ the author allows readers to create a vivid image of the lives of the Spokane Indians by using teen language‚ humor and irony because it allows the readers to face serious issues in an enjoyable way. Junior makes the readers understand the way he lives in his reservation full of poverty and alcoholism and goes to the outside world filled with people discriminating against him. Alexie‚ using Junior’s humor and

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    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 of Native American media representations on identity

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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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    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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    By reading the passages on Malcolm X‚ Richard Wright‚ and Sherman Alexie it is only obvious that reading brought enlightenment to their lives‚ and all three authors have a lot in common. These significant people felt trapped in some form‚ and their insatiable hunger for reading set them free. They were all fascinated with the act of reading‚ and they all taught themselves‚ and gave themselves the education needed to enlighten and influence others. Discovering how to read provided many opportunities

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    “Superman and Me” by Sherman Alexie‚ he creates an extended metaphor to show the reader the connection between Superman and himself. There are many ways in which Superman and Alexie are compared. Three ways that they are alike are they save lives of others‚ break down doors‚ and they are both smart and arrogant. The first way they are similar‚ is that they both save lives. The text states‚ “I was trying to save my life.” It also states‚ “I was trying to save our lives.” Alexie is saving lives metaphorically

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    #2 30‚ October‚ 2013 The Challenges Faced when Cross-Culturing Sherman Alexie constructed a short fiction story related to the “telling stories” section in the Norton Eleventh edition. In his story‚ a main theme presents itself. The main theme presented in the story is that of general stereotyping. General stereotyping clearly identifies itself when William‚ the taxi rider‚ states “No‚ not jewel-on-the-forehead Indian” (Alexie 62). Constructing an essay related to the most obvious theme would

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