Comparing Sherman Alexie's Superman And Me

In the story ‘’Superman and Me’’ Sherman Alexie portrays life on an American Indian reservation. He does this by showing the ways the classes of people are determined and even the way the people were treated and expected to live. He shares stories from his own life and his own views.The ways he shares his opinion and story shows the determination he had to change the lives of so many. The quote ‘’ 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.’’ is one of much meaning in this story. The story has many points that are well defined. One of these is that he wanted to change the way people viewed the young children on the reservation. In section 5 of the piece he states, ‘’ But he is an indian boy living on the reservation and simply is an oddity.’’ this quote portrays the way the poor boys were seen. Sherman was trying to save them from this expectation. One of the main he reasons he was trying so hard was because he was one trapped by this. He didn’t want to be one …show more content…
In section 2 he states,’’ My father loved books, and since I loved my father with an aching devotion,I decided to love books as well.’’ this is when it all changed for Sherman. When you look up to someone you want to be like them, you want to posses what they do, you want to be what they are. Sherman changed his whole life, and many others, due to his admiration for his father’s ways. His whole life he watched his father read and read but never have the courage to further his education and share it with the others in the reservation; Sherman thought further with his knowledge. When he started learning he wanted to allow everyone else to have the urge to learn just like he did. Sherman saw the boys in the back row, the silent dull-faced kids, and he knew they had given up and gave into the expectation. He knew that needed to