In the beginning of the essay , Alexie establishes his claim of knowledge by using his cultural background and opinions.At the beginning of the text , Alexie provides more about his childhood background it shows “We lived on a combination of irregular paychecks,hope,fear and government surplus food”(Alexie).This is an essential idea because he is coming from a background that that education is the least concern they can think about right now.
Towards the middle of the essay, Alexie continues to develop the idea