Superman and Me
“I refused to fail. I was smart. I was arrogant. I was lucky……” -Sherman Alexie Jr.
In the essay ‘Superman and Me’ by Sherman Alexie Jr, he talks about the struggles growing up from his childhood. Alexie and his family is from the Spokane tribe, and his parents raised him and his other relatives in the Spokane Reservation in Washington. Mr. Alexie’s father, being one of the few Indians that willingly went to school, had a great affect on him. Being that today the author has written and produced a lot of successful short stories.
Sherman Alexie didn’t come from a family of wealth, neither did the people in their town. But due to either one of this parents always managing to hold down a job, in their community, they were considered middle class; As I mentioned in the intro, Alexie’s …show more content…
Alexie didn’t live up to his community’s negative perceptions about his race of people, or society’s negatives of him being an Indian boy. He has looked passed that and went on to become a successful author and mentors’ young kids in his old community. Spokane Reservation, at the local public schools. Hence why he names this story ‘Superman and Me’. Mr. Alexie Jr. mentoring these kids to become avid readers and not give into the negative expectations about them is heroic. Because to the children he’s inspiring, he’s their Superman and Alexie’s father is his.
Overall, no matter what degrading perceptions are known to you, your culture of people, or community. No matter what environment you are growing up in, always aspire to be better and do better. Because once you make that goal to become whatever it is that you want to be, always go after it. At the end of the day, it is you that can stop yourself and it is you that is in control of the life that you are living. You can always get motivation from anywhere, but it is up to you to choose to give in on the negative motives, or the positive motives to make it in the stage you aspire to be in, in your
“I refused to fail. I was smart. I was arrogant. I was lucky……” -Sherman Alexie Jr.
In the essay ‘Superman and Me’ by Sherman Alexie Jr, he talks about the struggles growing up from his childhood. Alexie and his family is from the Spokane tribe, and his parents raised him and his other relatives in the Spokane Reservation in Washington. Mr. Alexie’s father, being one of the few Indians that willingly went to school, had a great affect on him. Being that today the author has written and produced a lot of successful short stories.
Sherman Alexie didn’t come from a family of wealth, neither did the people in their town. But due to either one of this parents always managing to hold down a job, in their community, they were considered middle class; As I mentioned in the intro, Alexie’s …show more content…
Alexie didn’t live up to his community’s negative perceptions about his race of people, or society’s negatives of him being an Indian boy. He has looked passed that and went on to become a successful author and mentors’ young kids in his old community. Spokane Reservation, at the local public schools. Hence why he names this story ‘Superman and Me’. Mr. Alexie Jr. mentoring these kids to become avid readers and not give into the negative expectations about them is heroic. Because to the children he’s inspiring, he’s their Superman and Alexie’s father is his.
Overall, no matter what degrading perceptions are known to you, your culture of people, or community. No matter what environment you are growing up in, always aspire to be better and do better. Because once you make that goal to become whatever it is that you want to be, always go after it. At the end of the day, it is you that can stop yourself and it is you that is in control of the life that you are living. You can always get motivation from anywhere, but it is up to you to choose to give in on the negative motives, or the positive motives to make it in the stage you aspire to be in, in your