What does reading do to you? How does it do it? Why does it do it? In Sherman Alexie’s narrative “Super Man and Me” he explains how reading saved his life. Alexie explains the many ways how it can also save other people’s lives. Alexie’s theme of his narrative is not only trying to save his own life but his families’ lives too. Some ways he created that theme is by using metaphors like, superman breaking down doors, seeing the world in paragraphs, and him trying to save his life.
Alexie’s first way of creating a theme is y using a metaphor, superman breaking down doors. “Superman is breaking down the door…In this way I learned to read” (pg.111) are the words he uses to express what the metaphor really meant. This metaphor means that, in a
Alexie’s first way of creating a theme is y using a metaphor, superman breaking down doors. “Superman is breaking down the door…In this way I learned to read” (pg.111) are the words he uses to express what the metaphor really meant. This metaphor means that, in a