In the essay “Superman and Me” by Sherman Alexie he had grown up on a reservation in 1966 and still lived on an Indian Reservation in WellPoint, Washington. In “Superman and Me” the little boy started out trying to figure out how to read a comic book, realizing that he idolized his father, he wanted to be just like him. His father read books all the time and was considered a smart Native American. The little boy wanted to be smart to by learning to read. The white people had made fun of him and had thought he was stupid because of his nationality. The little boy proved them all wrong by learning to read and write, and making something of himself. When I was growing up I was born in 1996, in McAlester OK. I was born in a different time then
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The little boy wanted to prove everyone wrong about himself he did not like the white people discriminating against him because of the race he is. He grew up watching his father read anything he could get his hands on. His father was obsessed with reading that is all he did, he would read any kinds of books, does not matter what it was. According to Alexie “His father loved books, and since I loved my father with an aching devotion, I decided to love books as well.”(497). Growing up to his father the little boy wanted to teach himself to by reading the comic book of superman he taught himself to …show more content…
I grew up in a small town in a little red brick Native American home. There was my meme, poppy, mom, sister, myself, and my cousin briar that had all lived in this small little three bedroom house. We did not have it easy by no means, but we were happy and that is all that mattered. The little boy had grown being discriminated by the race he was born into. All of my family was not discriminated by the race we were, but by the money we had, and the way we accomplished our goals in life by making something of ourselves. I went to Haywood Elementary almost all through till the eighth grade. By the time I got in high school I had to go to Savanna High School, which still was not big in all means, everyone knew
The little boy wanted to prove everyone wrong about himself he did not like the white people discriminating against him because of the race he is. He grew up watching his father read anything he could get his hands on. His father was obsessed with reading that is all he did, he would read any kinds of books, does not matter what it was. According to Alexie “His father loved books, and since I loved my father with an aching devotion, I decided to love books as well.”(497). Growing up to his father the little boy wanted to teach himself to by reading the comic book of superman he taught himself to …show more content…
I grew up in a small town in a little red brick Native American home. There was my meme, poppy, mom, sister, myself, and my cousin briar that had all lived in this small little three bedroom house. We did not have it easy by no means, but we were happy and that is all that mattered. The little boy had grown being discriminated by the race he was born into. All of my family was not discriminated by the race we were, but by the money we had, and the way we accomplished our goals in life by making something of ourselves. I went to Haywood Elementary almost all through till the eighth grade. By the time I got in high school I had to go to Savanna High School, which still was not big in all means, everyone knew