From within the two passages I was able to analize the information provided by the authors and produce a compare and contrast essay. In “The Lonely, Good Company of Reading", reading is considered irrelevant or to comprehensive for most, but Richard Rodriguez was determined to break the mold placed upon learning by individuals in his societies. In " Superman and Me", the author Sherman Alexie shows how he was able to overcome and become more than what his community expected him to accomplish. While both come from simalar economic backgrounds, they also succsessfully achived an education. Regardeless of thier simularitys each have different degrees of support from an adult authority figure, along with unique expiriences of racisum.
To start off, the first thing I would like readers to know about is the economic background that Rodriguez and Alexie share and how their family’s financial situations were at the time. For Rodriguez, money was not something to spend frivolously or take lightly. An example of this would be …show more content…
In “Superman and Me”, Alexie’s tells about how, “A smart Indian is a dangerous person, widely feared and ridiculed by Indians and non-Indians alike. I fought with my classmates on a daily basis. They wanted me to stay quiet when the non-Indiana teacher asked for answers, for volunteers, for help. We Indian children who were expected to be stupid”, (497). Alexie was constantly coming face to face with stereotypes on a daily basis; whereas most children would succumb to meet the status quo, Alexie refused. Instead he pushed himself to be anything but what they wanted and or expected. As for Rodriguez he never truly experiences any discrimination in “The Lonely, Good Company of Books”. Luckily, for him he is never put in a situation that required him to act a certain way or demand him to conform to a
To start off, the first thing I would like readers to know about is the economic background that Rodriguez and Alexie share and how their family’s financial situations were at the time. For Rodriguez, money was not something to spend frivolously or take lightly. An example of this would be …show more content…
In “Superman and Me”, Alexie’s tells about how, “A smart Indian is a dangerous person, widely feared and ridiculed by Indians and non-Indians alike. I fought with my classmates on a daily basis. They wanted me to stay quiet when the non-Indiana teacher asked for answers, for volunteers, for help. We Indian children who were expected to be stupid”, (497). Alexie was constantly coming face to face with stereotypes on a daily basis; whereas most children would succumb to meet the status quo, Alexie refused. Instead he pushed himself to be anything but what they wanted and or expected. As for Rodriguez he never truly experiences any discrimination in “The Lonely, Good Company of Books”. Luckily, for him he is never put in a situation that required him to act a certain way or demand him to conform to a