The figure of speech is a metaphor. The effect is has is that it gives the audience an idea of how little Alexie’s family had when he was young.
The stereotype for Indians is that they are all stupid. But the description Alexie provides shows that his father loved to read and going to school which goes against the stereotype.
It gives the reader how Alexie used to see a paragraph when he first began to read. The analogy explains how each paragraph has similar ideas that all fit together in one fence.
In paragraph 5, the Indian boy he is referring to is himself.
Alexie uses short, simple sentences to show all the different things he has read to make him become a better reader and for him to learn more.
The essay is separated into two distinct
The stereotype for Indians is that they are all stupid. But the description Alexie provides shows that his father loved to read and going to school which goes against the stereotype.
It gives the reader how Alexie used to see a paragraph when he first began to read. The analogy explains how each paragraph has similar ideas that all fit together in one fence.
In paragraph 5, the Indian boy he is referring to is himself.
Alexie uses short, simple sentences to show all the different things he has read to make him become a better reader and for him to learn more.
The essay is separated into two distinct