Stereotypes In Superman And Me

Going, alone, on a journey opens up the chapter of self discovery in the book of life. “Superman and Me” showed how Sherman Alexie defied stereotypes by never giving up. “A&P” by John Updike, had Sammy making a choice, that didn’t go quite how he wanted to, but started his life journey. “Scrappy Little Nobody” was the book about how, the author Anna Kendrick, started her life and how she rose to stardom on her own. “Living on One Dollar” had some guys all go on one journey together, but each individual still went on their own personal journey. Being on a journey, alone, allows for a person’s character to finally bloom.
Making choices, alone, can completely alter an entire future that might have already been planned. Anna Kendrick started acting …show more content…
Sherman Alexie was alone in school because of all the dumb stereotypes, but if he had never been alone because of those pesky stereotypes, he would have never persevered and became the person he is today. I read books late into the night, until I could barely keep my eyes open. I read books at recess, then during lunch, and in the few minutes left after I had finished my classroom assignments. Sherman Alexie was alone in school because kids were mean. He didn’t like all the mean kids, and since he was alone all the time, he had time to study. He studied harder than anyone in the school. All he wanted was to not be what everyone thought of him. He fought by himself for himself. Being alone in school made it possible for Sherman to thrive and defy the stereotypes and become the amazing author that he is today. If he would have not been alone in school, his future might’ve looked a little different than it does today. Sherman Alexie was stereotyped, while Anna Kendrick became the weird, quirky, funny person she is today because of being alone. Anna was alone and becoming an actress. She was around other actors that were snobby and stuck-up and she wanted nothing else except to not be like them, so she tried to stay away from them and be her own person. “I get embarrassed about being a “child actor.” Probably because I spent a lot of time around child actors when I was one. They’re crazy.” Anna hated other child actors. They were snobby, stuck up, and high-strung. She wanted to be nothing like them. She tried so hard to be fun and happy at all times. She didn’t have any other acting friends to show her the way of being a child actor, so she figured it out on her own. She was alone and she liked it because she didn’t like anyone else. She liked to figure it out and be her own special person. Since she was able to figure it out on her own, she became the quirky funny person that we love