Super Man And Me Analysis

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Reading: Condensing Knowledge into Words
In today’s society people truly take the ability to read for granted. Not many realize the true power the ability of reading holds; it allows for one’s mind to be set free and access to a plethora of knowledge that allows for a limitless amount of potential in life. Super Man and Me is an example of one man’s tale of how he started from almost nothing to the success he is today and it’s all thanks to reading.
Sherman Alexie discusses throughout his article that reading saved his life. He was fascinated with books at a young age and this assisted him being jump started in his education. As and Indian child on a reservation, he was expected to not be very unintelligent because of the stereotype that …show more content…

He was not able to read the comic book but he used critical thinking to attain some grasp of meaning the words he gazed upon in the comic.
“I cannot read but I assume it tells me that “Superman is breaking down the door” aloud I pretend to read and say, “Superman is breaking down the door” (90)
He came from such a small start and developed such a vast and accelerated ability to read, which is simply astounding. In kindergarten he was able to read Grapes of Wrath, a feat such as this is mind boggling, Sherman Alexie explains that if it were not him living in an Indian Reservation and all the circumstances he would have been labeled a child prodigy.
One of Sherman Alexie’s biggest issues when he was young was that he struggled with his classmates because he was more intelligent than they were and it intimidated them. No one thought that an Indian boy could succeed, let alone be highly intelligent. Many of Sherman Alexie’s class mates put on a mask in front of their non-Indian teacher and act like they are not as smart as they truly are because they do not want to stand

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