Sherman Alexie And Joe Suina Similarities

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We all know that we make choices in our lives that ultimately change who we are and what the remainder of our lives would be like. For Native American authors Sherman Alexie and Joe Suina there is no difference between the two, both have similar stories but from different perspectives. Sherman Alexie wrote an essay called Indian Education, it was about his experience (try) in his hometown on the reservations and having to go to an almost all white school. Joe Suina wrote an essay similar to Indian Education called And then I went to school. While Sherman Alexie had a home that was an unstable environment, Joe Suina had a more emotional attachment to his home. But they both have a similar experience when going to an almost all white school.

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