Sherman Alexie Influence

How amazing that a Superman comic book can be the first step for a three-year-old Native American boy to become one of the greatest authors in America. Sherman Alexie, was born in 1966 and raised on the Spokane Indian reservation in Wellpinit Washington. He is one of the most foremost Native American writers in the U.S. His story (The Joy of Reading and Writing) starts when he fell in love with books and he tried to read his first book. It was touching on superman in a comic way. The book changed his life because it was the first time he felt he can learn how to read. Language has the power to change a person’s life by educating and empowering him and helping him empower others. However, getting an education was the only way out. That's why getting an education impacted on Alexie’s life quite a lot by empowering him. It's a crucial moment when knowing that he has changed; from living on a reservation to becoming an educated author. As a result, it proved that the language can make tremendous changes and it can impact on people’s lives in a good way of course. Getting an education should not be taken for granted due to its power and effectiveness. Maybe this is one of the reasons of why Alexie said “A smart Indian is a dangerous person.” He might have said this because of the hurtful past he went through; such as Poverty, …show more content…
Language is an important element of life due to the fact that without literacy he would be lost in this world or kind of blind. However, some people might think literacy isn’t that important in making changes. Well, (The Joy of reading and writing) Sherman was living in poverty and misery. He learned the English alphabets and became something out of nothing then I realized that without learning it he would be someone different and wouldn’t be writing this story as well. He says about himself, “We were poor by all standers.” he is capable today to spread his writing all over the