In the story ¨Superman and Me¨ by Sherman Alexie, Alexie starts by talking about his father loving books and the way his family and other indians live in poverty with limited resources. He explains that his dad still bought tons of books because he loves books, so he was able to excel even when they did not have much money to get the resources. He then ties this concept into how education is what saved his life and could save many others lives if they try hard enough. Which helped develop his main claim that education can literally save lives.
Alexie starts to talk about how he learned to read in a very abstract way by starting to read with a superman comic book. He tells the reader that as simple as the book is he still did not understand …show more content…
The reason they were ignorant was because they were told there whole life they were stupid. Alexie says in the text that “Indian children were expected to be stupid” (Alexie). Alexie also explains how not only were the Indian children expected to be stupid but how they were expected to fail too, them being expected to fail led them to fail. Alexie says in the text “we were expected to fail in the non indian world”(Alexie). By saying this this helps build claim that if you are told something so much you will start to believe it even if it is a lie or a stereotype. He uses these quotes to show that indian children were usually ill advised and expected to fail because of what others told them and he wants to change …show more content…
He starts to again talk about how knowledge saved his. He says he realized he loved books but that what saved his life. Alexie says “ I loved those books, but I also knew that love had only one purpose. I was trying to save my life.” (Alexie). He then goes on to use the same analogy from the beginning of the story about breaking down the door. Alexie says “I throw my weight against their locked doors. The door holds. I am smart. I am arrogant. I am lucky. I am trying to save our lives.” (Alexie). Alexie uses this comparison to breaking down the door in his superman comic book to breaking down the doors of students to save their lives, and to open the students up to new
Alexie starts to talk about how he learned to read in a very abstract way by starting to read with a superman comic book. He tells the reader that as simple as the book is he still did not understand …show more content…
The reason they were ignorant was because they were told there whole life they were stupid. Alexie says in the text that “Indian children were expected to be stupid” (Alexie). Alexie also explains how not only were the Indian children expected to be stupid but how they were expected to fail too, them being expected to fail led them to fail. Alexie says in the text “we were expected to fail in the non indian world”(Alexie). By saying this this helps build claim that if you are told something so much you will start to believe it even if it is a lie or a stereotype. He uses these quotes to show that indian children were usually ill advised and expected to fail because of what others told them and he wants to change …show more content…
He starts to again talk about how knowledge saved his. He says he realized he loved books but that what saved his life. Alexie says “ I loved those books, but I also knew that love had only one purpose. I was trying to save my life.” (Alexie). He then goes on to use the same analogy from the beginning of the story about breaking down the door. Alexie says “I throw my weight against their locked doors. The door holds. I am smart. I am arrogant. I am lucky. I am trying to save our lives.” (Alexie). Alexie uses this comparison to breaking down the door in his superman comic book to breaking down the doors of students to save their lives, and to open the students up to new