Essays on Sherman Alexie

A nation Prowess, and capability to prosper is directly dependent upon its people’s edification. Moreover, in countries with poor background, peoples think that they lack some privileges that can allow them to succeed in school and in their life, so they refuse to open their...

In his short story “Superman and Me” the author Sherman Alexie suggests that while stereotyping and forcing expectations on people can have positive effects, they are generally very limiting to those affected. The author describes his experience in learning how to read. He taught himself,...

Screeching, chanting, stomping, murderous, barbaric, savages. Portrayed in The Last of the Mohicans, A Man Called Horse, Windwalker, Cheyenne Autumn, and countless others, these are the American Indians that Hollywood has created for viewers across the country since the 1960s. In movies and novels, the...

Born on a Spokane Indian Reservation, near Spokane Washington, Sherman Alexie is a Native American writer that has gained an international audience. Alexie has received numerous awards and honors for his works, including a National Book Award for Young People’s Literature, a PEN/Faulkner Award for...

Growing up on a Native American Reservation with alcoholic parents, being bullied at school and having severe a health condition, the great writer Sherman Alexie somehow still managed to excel in his literature class and later be awarded a bachelor’s degree from Washington State University....

The book of short stories called The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven, includes different stories of Native Americans in several critical lenses. It is a book full of different themes, but they all lead to the same closure. Throughout each story, it tells...

Throughout the class, we have dived into many literature pieces that give insight into the inner workings of many Native Americans and what factors play into their cultural lifestyle. Out of all the many texts and passages, we have read; Sherman Alexie’s The Lone Ranger...

In the personal anecdote, “Superman and Me”, it is explained how the author, Sherman Alexie, taught himself how to read from a Superman comic book. He starts off by giving his background about how he grew up poor in a struggling household and on a...