Sherman Alexie’s, “The Joy of reading and writing: Superman and Me” is a well descriptive and narrated essay of Alexie’s own childhood and his ambition to read. It explores through his struggle to gain literacy as an Indian boy living on a reservation. He starts his piece by describing the environment he lived in and his fathers’ admiration for books. As a result of his father’s strong admiration for books, Alexie was drown into it as well. He started reading everything and anything he can find.
would be lucky and blessed at the same time to be around that person if the person is very close to him or her. Sherman Alexie is one of those lucky people as he describes his personal life experiences in his writing “The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me”. After reading his writing, I realized that the story of my life is equivalent to his life, and we both share some qualities. My life tale is equivalent to his life tale in three different ways: inspiration, early exposure experience and
values/ideas about how literacy is important to them but many are unable to identify those values/ideas. Literacy is defined by “the ability to read or write” as Alexie and Wiesel discuss in their writing the meaning and importance of literacy. In Sherman Alexie’s “The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me” she explains being literate
All I asking for is my body In All I asking for is my body, Milton Murayama describes a family whose entire existence rests on filial piety. Filial piety is the belief that children should honor their parents at all costs. For example, when Mr. Oyama’s father left his children with massive debt, he counted on their filial piety to pay it back. The Oyamas are honor bound to repay this obligation, which has left them poor and hopeless. This means that Toshio, the eldest son, is expected