just so he could read. Alexie quickly adapted to what his father was doing and eventually started reading as well. “My father loved books‚ and since I loved my father with an aching devotion‚ I decided to love books as well.” Growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation in eastern Washington State‚ Sherman felt as though the fellow Indians there where lazy didn’t have the ambition or motivation to be more than what the rest of society saw them as. Having one older brother‚ a deceased sister‚ two
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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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Superman and Me “Superman and Me” is a brief overview of Sherman Alexie’s path in becoming a writer. Born on an Indian reservation with little to no money and three siblings‚ Sherman Alexie was not provided a bright future. He was expected to be un-sophisticated and un-social in school because that was the general discernment of Native Americans at that time. Alexie’s “Superman and Me” is indirectly intended for that same audience: the kids‚ on Indian Reservations‚ that are struggling in school
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In this past week the class read a short story written by Sherman Alexie. The name of this particular short story is “Superman and Me.” The story is actually an autobiography he wrote about his younger years as a child on an Indian reservation on up until he made something of himself. Alexie used many different strategies to get his point across to his readers. He wanted his readers‚ especially young Indian children‚ to become inspired from his life story and prosper into their fullest potential
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Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is a day -to-day journal highlighting the freshman school year of one Spokane Indian growing up on a reservation in Wellpinit‚ WA. This is a year in which he bravely transfers from the reservation school to a school 22 miles away that is predominately white. While mundane in nature‚ especially when compared to fantasy works such as Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings‚ this “diary” uses honesty‚ humor and universal themes to appeal to
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about how Superman comic book became a key part of how he learned how to read. He also talks about his childhood in third person which indicates his suffering in life and by doing so‚ he things that it might reduce his pain. Sherman Alexie grew up on Spokane Indian Reservation in eastern Washington. As other families in reservation‚ his family was also poor and “lived on a combination of irregular paychecks‚ hopes‚ fear‚ and government surplus food.” However‚ his father was one of few Native Americans
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In the story titled‚ Jesus Christ’s Half-Brother is Alive and well on the Spokane Indian Reservation‚ Victor‚ which of who is the main character has written a journal about a point in his life after saving a baby boy’s life and having to care for the child practically by himself. At first‚ Victor had no idea how to take care of the child he was not very happy about it either. The child’s grandfather says that since Victor saved the boy and the child’s parents died in their home fire Victor was to
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Black-Eye-of-the-Month-Club”. He tells us about how he loves to draw‚ and that it is the only thing he is good at. Chapter two is where Junior reveals that he is poor‚ saying that he is "just a poor-ass reservation kid living with his poor-ass family on the poor-ass Spokane Indian Reservation". He also gives us the very important math equation of “Poverty = empty refrigerator + empty stomach”. He tells about how good a piece of KFC chicken tastes after not eating for a long time. He tells us about how he wishes he could
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as his own people. It ’s hard enough for a Native American to succeed without their own people weighing them down. He also sets out to teach the importance of reading and how it can enrich ones life. In the world we live in‚ Native Americans must struggle just to get on even footing with mainstream America. "Superman and Me" is a short biographical story about the authors love of reading and how this love made him somewhat of an outcast in his school. Alexie grew up on a Spokane Indian reservation
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without friendship? The Absolute True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie follows the perspective of Arnold Spirit‚ or Junior‚ a Spokane Indian living on the Wellpinit Reservation. He was born with brain damage but still leads a normal life. In search of something more‚ he decides to transfer schools to Rearden‚ the rich white school. He meets new people along the way‚ but also runs into some problems on his journey. In the novel‚ Sherman Alexie shows that friendship can protect you‚ push
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