Spokane people

The first memory most people have of learning to read is a lighthearted and comforting memory. Most of us might not even remember the exact time, or what we read when we first learned to read. However, as most of us will be unable to relate to the following two authors, who both had hardship and serious internal struggles while trying to master what most would consider a necessity to function in society. In “The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me,” Sherman Alexie begins sharing his…

an education, successfully dealing with a hostile learning environment and racial profiling It is possible to receive an education in spite of a painful experiences. People are likely to have a troublesome obstacle while they are attempting to accomplish something they need to do in life. By confronting these experiences, people will change. This…

“I refused to fail. I was smart. I was arrogant. I was lucky.” This is a quote from the article “Superman and Me”, that was used by Sherman Alexie. Alexie believed this is what he was and will be. Sherman Alexie was a young Spokane Indian boy that lived on a reservation with the provided needs to live. His family was poor but still managed to obtain all of the necessary essentials. One thing that they had an abundance of was books. The father of Alexie was fascinated with reading, so Alexie…

twenty-two miles from the reservation in Reardan, where he begins to change. A shallow reader may think the novel is only about Junior’s journey, but actually, Alexie has managed to show us the difference between Arnold Spirit and Junior as two separate people. There was not so much a transformation, as…

What impact does education and literacy really have in your life? Do you need it to become someone in life? How will it follow you throughout your whole life? To make literacy part of your life you need to put hard work into your education. Education is just as important as literacy. Literacy is something that “can save your life” (Alexie 136), as Sherman Alexie would say, something that makes you feel “truly free” (X 125), as Malcolm X would express it, and something that can change your way of…

“The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven” by Sherman Alexie “The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fisfight in Heaven” is a short story out of a book that is also titled “The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven” by Sherman Alexie. This series of short stories was released in 1993 and is still known today as one of his best pieces of work. Alexie is a Native American writer, poet, and filmmaker who generally targets his work toward young adults. Alexie has faced many issues in his life including…

his family grew up and lived on the Spokane Indian Reservation. He describes how his family “were poor by most standards,” but how they were normally better off than…

Junior does not come across as a lead character who is heroic because he paints himself as someone who is weak and pathetic with few opportunities in his life, calling himself a “poor-ass reservation kid living with his poor-ass family on the poor-ass Spokane Indian Reservation” (Alexie 7). Susan Nami, in her article, Anti-Hero: Definition, Examples & Characteristics, defines an…

Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian” Sherman Alexie’s really gives an authentic feel to his story as it is written about himself. Written in first person, Alexie portrays his journey through the eyes of Arnold Spirit Jr. Alexie grew up on the Spokane Indian Reservation in Willpinit, Washington. Able to describe the depths of these obstacles and wisdom he gained throughout his life on the Reservation. With knowing that these events throughout the book were a reality, it made the novel…

“Superman and Me” narrated by Sherman Alexie was published in the Los Angeles Times in 1998. Alexie narrates through two stories in his life. First he, talks about the stereotypical living on an Indian reservation and teaching himself to read. Second, he talks about when he becomes a teacher helping his students. Alexie’s purpose to his audience, the general public, but more specifically, the young Native American community,or Indians that he wants them to read and save their lives. Alexie uses…