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    untraditional means of education‚ an outspoken minority‚ or a "door breaking" point of view the topic appeals to an audience as it delivers the promise of understanding the author and whatever other topical issues the narrative brings along with it.  In Sherman Alexie’s "The Joy of reading & writing: Superman and Me" he uses his credibility as an author and the appeal of Superman to educate his audience

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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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    In the reading “Superman and Me” by Sherman Alexie‚ the author describes his own experience of how kids and himself were treated by society during his childhood for being part of a different background. In the reading I noticed how the author shows us ways that he has become the person he is by the influence of his family‚ particularly his dad who sparked his passion toward reading books. In my essay I implemented an additional family factor other than my father and sister; I included my brother

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    Main Idea: Crazy Horse I ‚ Crazy Horse‚ was a very young and bright war leader in history who fought for the Lakota Indians in the Black Hill territories against the US. The name is Tischenko Witco but you probably know me as Crazy Horse. I’m a Lakota Indian of the Black Hills. I’ve been through everything from signing treaties to protecting my people to war with the US. On December 21st 1866‚ the fight that brought Crazy Horse out of the shadows was the famous battle of the Fetterman fight. I was

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    of “Superman and Me” by Sherman Alexie The story Superman and me was written by Sherman Alexie. This short story is about the Sherman Alexie’s life as an Indian boy living on the Spokane Indian Reserve in eastern Washington State and how reading and writing greatly affected his life. This shorts story describes the young Indian boy’s fascination with literature‚ his intelligence as an Indian‚ and how he becomes a teacher of creative writing for Indian children. Sherman Alexie’s first literary

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    I wanted to ask you again. Since it has been almost six years since I have set foot in your classroom‚ I need to ask: “what is good writing?”. I mostly wanted to talk to you about Sherman Alexie’s essay Indian Education‚ and why I believe that this story is good writing. And how Alexie ’s demonstrates content and form perfectly by creating a story that any English teacher would and should have given willingly an “A” to. First off‚ Indian Education pushes the boundaries of what constitutes what

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    districts. This increases property value and drives out lower-class families.This causes economic problems because wealthy white people run lower-class families out‚ benefitting from the property value increase. Racial inequality occurs as a result. Sherman Alexie’s “Gentrification” uses isolation‚ emotional appeal and guilt to express the wrongfulness of gentrification. To begin‚ the author uses isolation to prove the wrongfulness of gentrification. The author isolates the white homeowner‚ for example

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    in the world. The first tribe I describe myself as belonging to is the tribe of creative expressionists‚ which thrive in areas of self expression and creativity. "I draw because words are too unpredictable. I draw because words are too limited" (Alexie 5). I sometimes find it difficult to express and understant the emotions I feel raging inside. In these moments‚ I enjoy experimenting with vibrant splashes of paint across a canvas or dark scrawling into a notebook to better understand or cope with

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    Texas Chainsaw Massacre Sherman Alexie has lost his faith in humanity. His poem “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” illustrates a despondent mind that has been shattered by the horror of his reflection upon contemporary and historical events. Alexie explores his feelings about Sand Creek and American history and ultimately realizes that he cannot pretend to be surprised by the past violent crimes directed against Native Americans. Alexie is inconsolable because he believes that the blood‚ violence

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    In SuperMan and Me Sherman Alexie tells the story of his childhood and how he grew up. His use of simple‚ but powerful sentences convey how desperate he truly was to learn and teach others. Alexie uses powerful quotes to emphasize this. One quote that eminently expresses this is “I read with equal parts joy and desperation.” Though this quote is not remarkably complex it gets the point across precisely and clearly. Alexie’s childhood was not one of ease. This quote consummately sums up his life

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