INDIAN EDUCATION DEBORA WIEST IVY TECH COMMUNITY COLLEGE ABSTRACT Indian Education is a narrative about the hard life that one Indian boy endured while growing up. Being a minority living on an Indian Reservation, made him make decisions that would change his life for the better. This is a story of emotional and physical trauma from early childhood on. Living on mainly government assistance for every basic need caused this young man to take his abusive ordeal and turn his life into something very powerful. INDIAN EDUCATION “Indian Education” is a biography written by Sherman Alexie.
We are often quoted as not understanding what our young ones are going through. In my opinion, our children lose out if not properly reared. The first website I found is titled “Raising Boys Today” and the web address is http://www.preteenagerstoday.com/resources/articles/boys.htm. The author to this site is Jennifer Nelson, and her purpose is to educate parents on raising teenage boys. I found it easy to read for the article is in every day terms that allows easy association between my son and the article.
Essay 1 “Superman and Me” English 111 4/1/2014 I had the pleasure of reading “Superman and Me” by Sherman Alexie. I went into it thinking I was going to read an essay about a boy that had a fascination with Superman. I soon realized that it was more than just Superman the author was talking about. The author started off the essay with a short but descriptive sentenced “I learned to read with a Superman comic book” (582). I began to think that the author is now telling us how he began his journey or struggles of reading.
Right before he states his opinion. He tells us that the trashiest pop- culture can has a its own development function. Then proceeds by saying, "Pretending to have superhuman powers helps children conquer the feelings of powerlessness that inevitably come with being so young and small" (197, par.11) This means that no matter how old or young we are, we all have our inner super hero within us that comes alive when in need. Jones sees similarities in the cartoons and in our real lives. The creators of cartoons try to tie in real life situations into the show or comic books.
Ever since his brilliant insight, reading clicked for him. He was even able to take the concept of what paragraphs meant and compare them to real life This was a talent he grew up with and never gave up, as we know since he became a writer himself and now visits those schools hoping to enlighten those boys into the lifestyle he grew up livings with possibly even giving them the chance of survival. Sherman metaphorically gives us enlightenment that he is Superman. Just like how he saw Superman breaking through those doors in the comic book, he broke down those social barriers of a failing Indian in the non-Indian
Because I saw decent results, I simply scanned through the results on the first three pages and found exactly what I needed. While reading through this information, I learned a great deal of information about Shel Silverstein, the beloved author. Sheldon Alan Silverstein was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1930. Silverstein described his youth as uncomfortable, and because of his awkwardness, he spent a lot of time alone writing and drawing (Means). Silverstein never intended to be a writer or artist, but his talents continued as he grew older.
Kapuscinski learns much about the world through his travels and he realizes that as you learn about the world it acts as a mirror so one can learn about one’s self. Herodotus was the first to want to record the history of the world he knew and he did it through many years of journeys so he could tell the stories only as he thought they were to be true. According to Kapuscinski, Herodotus learns about the world with the enthusiasm of a small child- always wanting to know more about why things are the way they are. Herodotus’ most important discovery was that there are many worlds and each is different (Kapuscinski 264). Kapuscinski’s first discovery of a “New World” is very different from his own European culture was on his trip to India.
The author uses argumentation to try to persuade the reader that many parents do not care what their children eat. He also suggests children are quite frequently allowed to eat unhealthy foods. Crister also states the foods are often from places which do not monitor what the foods contain and just make them attractive to children. Even though the author does make use of language which makes his essay appeal to who ever read it, he fails to address the other sides of the issues. For example he uses analogy when he states that thinness should be a way of life for people in today’s society.
In the first paragraph, Alexie explains that he first learned to read with a Superman comic book when he was about 3 years old. But, before he could read a comic book, Alexie had taught himself about paragraphs and how he said that they related to the real world. Alexie began to think of everything in terms of paragraphs; such as he thought of his reservation he lived on was a paragraph within the United States. He also thought of his family as an essay of paragraphs, each family member existing as a separate paragraph but still common experiences and genetics linked them to each other. He taught himself to read the text by looking at the pictures, dialogue and narrative, and than pretending to say aloud what he thinks the story might be saying.
Jim Keenan English 101 It Puts The Lotion In The Basket As most kids gradually start to read more and more as they mature, I was one of the few who didn't learn to enjoy reading until senior year of highschool. The teachings of Tom Alessandri were the sole cause of my newfound appreciation for literature. All it takes is the inspiration of one individual to turn someone onto reading and writing. Tom Alessandri was the last highschool English teacher I had, taking his Science Fiction & Horror Literature class. While many people would be discouraged by the title of the class alone, I was intrigued and immediately signed up.