Compare and Contrast Sherman Alexie’s Story with My Experience
Every people may have their own favorite book when they were young. It could be a bedtime story, fable, or novel. This would pretty much affect their lives in a good or bad way. In Sherman Alexie’s essay, “The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me”, he simply explained about himself as an Indian kid who loved to read even he lived with low standard of living. Sherman’s dad had always spent his extra money to get new books for him. However, Sherman was different with most of Indian people in his age, because he read books that quite difficult for kids in his age at that time, such as “Grapes of Wrath”. He read everywhere and he believed that he could save his life by reading books. Based on Sherman’s childhood, I realize that reading a book could influence someone’s life, enrich someone’s knowledge and lead them to be a successful person.
In his essay, Sherman tells us that non-Indian people mostly would underestimate Indian kids. Therefore, Sherman proves that they are wrong. He struggled with his lives and tried to read everywhere, because “(he) was trying to save (his) lives”. Ultimately, he becomes a successful writer instead of pediatrician. He writes books and teaches creative writing to Indian kids.
According to Sherman’s experience, I feel that we have got common things. When I was a kid, I used to read a novel by Paulo Coelho, “The Alchemist”. The story tells us about a man who has to understand every single sign that appears in his lives and interprets the meaning of those signs in order to continue his journey to get the treasure. He follows what the nature says to him, but he also meets unexpected situation on his way to seize the treasure. It inspires and motivates me to be persistent to reach my objectives in my life. Moreover, I obtain knowledge by reading that book, which I would