Indian Boys Are Stupid Analysis

Why does everyone think “indian boys are stupid.”? Are they really stupid? Do they use a fixed mindset? In Superman and Me Sherman Alexie portrays his ways of becoming a smarter indian boy and the struggles he went through by using Exemplification, pathos, Diction, tone and compare and contrast.
As Alexie talks about how he became the reader he is today and the struggles he went through he uses the example of the “Paragraph”. Alexie starts this analogy off by saying “ Everything in terms of paragraphs.” he also says “they are the fence.” Alexie uses this to convey on how he first learned to read.When he was a younger boy he would look over his dad's shoulder and try to make out the words in the book that his dad was reading. When it came …show more content…
The moral of these statements is saying that just because you are a “ Indian boy” means you can't read. The absurd reasoning behind this statement is ridiculous for us to believe that is it true. Alexie easily portrays the fact that a young indian boy is able to read but the proof the he starting thinking of everything as a paragraph. Alexie speaks on how “ his father loved to read so he would love to read.” a boy going in the footsteps of his father but is constantly put down because of his race. We look at this and notice that Alexie had a growth mindset, he wants to be like his dad and love to read. When he is faced with the struggles though of the fixed mindset Indian boys he still works through. It hurts to see that a boy that wants to learn how to read is being cut down day by day just because he is a “ Indian boy.” These statements made by Alexie makes it seem as if we are teaching our children that they need to be stupid to get through life. If a indian boy is unable to ask a question because they are supposed to be stupid what does it make them look