Sherman Brothers

The Struggle of Co-Existing with the Whites in Sherman’s Stories Sherman Alexia is a Renaissance man in regards to the variety of stories he has written. He has been able to emphasize different kinds of themes efficiently to emerge as one of the bestselling story telling writer.In his stories, he explores the themes of poverty, violence, alcoholism, and despair among the Native American people that are both off and on the reservation. The theme that recurs in most of his writing is how he…

Entertainment and Recreation in Oryx and Crake Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake is a fiction novel written around the split narrative between a future dystopian society and a post-apocalyptic world. The narrative follows the thoughts and flashbacks of Snowman, one of the lone survivors of the apocalyptic plague, as he dreams of memories with whom he deems as the most important figures in his life, Oryx and Crake. Within these flashbacks, Snowman reminisces the days of going to school with Crake…

In the story ¨Superman and Me¨ by Sherman Alexie, Alexie starts by talking about his father loving books and the way his family and other indians live in poverty with limited resources. He explains that his dad still bought tons of books because he loves books, so he was able to excel even when they did not have much money to get the resources. He then ties this concept into how education is what saved his life and could save many others lives if they try hard enough. Which helped develop his…

Writing history, N. Scott Momaday the author of The Way to Rainy Mountain, writes to remember, recollect, and restore his cultural heritage essay (Oates, Joyce 2000). In his pictorial essay, revealing and recovering what is part of his own untold story, Momaday takes on a journey to be at the Aho’s grave, his beloved grandmother and revive her memories of Kiowa. Artfully, he merges two sets of stories to cast his tale: first, he describes Aho’s memories as the only human link to his tribe and…

Junior’s Identity Shift Junior was born with cerebrospinal fluid and forty-two teeth, had seizures, a lisp, lived in poverty on an Indian Reservation, and had to deal with many family alcohol addictions and deaths. His life wasn’t easy and it didn't help that we was continuously made fun of and beat up at school. During Junior’s transition into Reardon, he struggled with finding himself. “Traveling between Reardon and Wellpinit, between the little white town and the reservation, I always felt…

In “Superman and Me”, Sherman Alexie writes about his struggle to get the education he desired. This piece brings to life that reading can open doors and pave the way for a brighter future for you and those around you regardless of the situation. Alexie starts off his essay by setting the stage and giving an inside look as to how the story began with nothing more than a “Superman” comic. As a three-year-old boy, he would sit and narrate the comic by pictures alone, not knowing how to read a…

In the essay, “For My Indian Daughter” by Lewis (Johnson) Sawaquat, the writer moves from hating himself is an Indian because he always had unfair treatments by the public and even be bullied by white people to accepting his differences and knows what it means to be a Native American. We see this when he learned how to kill, bully and hate Koreans to express his dissatisfaction and when he decided to join in the powwows and did some research about Indian past with each other. Regarding the…

The Absolute True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie focuses on teenager Arnold Spirit Jr. growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation. Always considered an outsider, Junior is further ostracized when he decides to leave the reservation to attend the much richer and whiter Reardan high school. Although most of his tribe sees this decision as a betrayal to who he is, Junior hopes to better himself by leaving the reservation. Through this decision he finds new inner strength, better…

speech of the author’s master enlightened the author that lack of knowledge is the reason why black people were slaved by the white, thus he learned to read and write by all means and finally gained his freedom. In the article Superman and Me, author Sherman Alexie had a strong interest in reading his father’s books, which bloomed his literary career later in life. The speech was an important text that shaped Frederick’s…

The story, Superman and Me, by Sherman Alexie, is about a Indian boy who enjoys reading and writing as much as his father. But, in the reservation where his family lives reading and writing is very rare for these Indian boys to know. He was scared he would be called dumb and unintelligent like his fellow friends. So, he dedicates a lot of time and ends up visiting reservations to help teach Indian boys. One specific quote in this text conveys Sherman’s thoughts and claims of the central idea.…