Alexie and Victor struggled with two different worlds, one having to live by cultural standards and the other having to face reality with living in poverty; but both were able to obtain a successful life. Sherman Alexie “Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian, Smoke Signals both felt that they lived a double life, one life while being with their family and home and another life while obtaining an education. Sherman Alexie as a child was raised in India; felt that she had to live up to her cultures expectations to dress and act in a certain way. The author from Smoke Signals was raised in New Jersey and often found himself feeling sad and ashamed of his family’s poverty. Junior feels that even though he’s been able to master the English
