Sherman Alexie Indian Education Summary

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 but really emphasizes the bad moments that shaped him also. One moment he mentions is about his father’s alcoholism. Alexie does make some modifications or exaggerations in his work. One being “After that, no one spoke to me for another five hundred