Superman And Me Language Analysis

Language has provided many people with opportunities within society. In Eudora Welty’s “Listening”, the main character became a writer because she fell in love with the aspects of language. She fell in love with how the letters made a specific sound and how a person reads in a specific voice when reading a passage. Her love for language influenced her decision in becoming a writer, even if she was not the best at writing throughout her childhood. In Sherman Alexie’s “The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me”, he refused to be the dumb Indian that society wanted him to be. Sherman Alexie even says,” We were Indian children who were expected to be stupid” (Alexie, 13). He continued to read everything within sight. Since he read so much,

he developed amazing writing skills that allowed him to become a writer. It all started from when he fell in love with books. In both articles, the main characters had developed a love for all types of language. Both characters were driven by a love for language to become writers and people who influenced others through their writing. Not only did they influence others in their career, they also influenced themselves. They pushed themselves to the point of being rejected by society to have the ability to provide for themselves because they were part of a minority race, which makes it harder to find a place in the writing industry. Language helped lead them become successful in a white man’s society, where whites control what minorities can do.