Superman And Me Analysis

Succeeding Is the Way to Be a Good Outsider “Superman and me” by Sherman Alexie is a story about a boy who learned to read with a comic book which drove a him to be passionate about reading and became someone who tries to save his life by doing so. He tells us how he became someone in regard to the environment he grew up in and did not let what others said decline the wall he was building up for his life. Alexie makes a claim of fact that defines the value of stereotypes which must not interfere into the goals needed to be reached in life. Being an Indian, belonging to a minority, does not designate the capacity one’s have to achieve something in life. There are times in life where things are settle without a specific purpose. Those times …show more content…
The introvert part of myself did not allow me to handle the open opportunities that were available to me the way it was supposed to be handled. I had to face difficulties because of my lack of self-confidence and the way I blocked myself when I am around people. I have never been really obsessive about something in particular so I always put myself down and believed that I got no talent. Soon after I just allowed myself to accept as true and which is still true that keeping up with my education is the only thing that could help me define who I really am. After graduating from high school, I knew the upcoming days were not going to be easy because I was required to have a lot of paper works done in regard to my college destination. My parents wanted me to study abroad but at the same time were not so confident about it knowing the introvert self-reserved person. So being someone who wants to succeed in life and just see education as a road to success for not having something to be interested in, I threw myself to challenge by working in a small enterprise where I was supposed to assist people, retrieve the issue they have or what they came to get in the store and send them to a technician who can solve their device problem. I pushed myself hard to have things to tell to the customers, the people I worked with, and not be scared. For a whole summer, everything sorted out well. I figured out that life is not about myself and they are people out there that are willing to help you whenever you need help. Starting by acknowledging what I wanted in some way pushed and taught me that there is always a departure for anything accomplishable in life and maybe not knowing where I think I should end up should never stop me to pursuit what I have already put myself