Superman And Me Summary

Reading Response # 3: “Superman and Me”

Summary: “Superman and Me” by Sherman Alexie, talks about a writer's childhood years and his education. A 3-years-old, Indian boy, who grew up in an indian reservation in east washington. He had three sisters and one brother. His parents never had stable jobs. They always had minimum wage salaries and consider middle class by reservation standards. They lived under hope, fear and irregular paychecks. his father was a book lover. He bought books from pawn shops, goodwill, and salvation army. When he had extra money he bought books from super market’s. His father build bookshelves all over the house in the bathroom, bedroom and livingroom. He had book tons of book like; Kennedy’s assassination, vietnam

I like how every writer share their personal experiences followed by examples. It actually make readers (me) realize that we all have struggle, doubted and fear in our own-writing. We all become clueless if we know we have to write. It’s a fear that freezes our brain. It’s a fear that paralyzes our creativity. The article “Superman and Me” took me back to my childhood years. I started questioning my-self. At what age I lost the interest to read and write? Where my professor encouraging their students to read? Was reading and writing mandatory to pass grade? Did professors pay attention to students writing? Where my parent aware of my terrible writing skills? We all arrive to that age where we want to improve our self for better. Personally, I really want to improve my writing skills. It’s embarrassing that at my age I have terrible grammar errors and make no sense when I write. “Improving” my writing is definitely challenging and a goals to accomplish. Like writers say “ reading will help you break the fear to write.” It’s sad to say but I do think social economic status does affect our academic performance-specially if you never had the big brother or the parents who guided you. I really enjoy reading this type of articles that encourage me to write without fear. To break that ice that freezes your