Sherman Alexie was an indian boy who learned to read from the comic book superman. Sherman read and read till he couldn’t see, he was devoted to learning to read and was highly devoted and inspired by his father. He wanted to break past poverty and wanted to be successful in life. Superman was a metaphor for shermans life he wanted to break past the culture barrier and succeed in a non indian world .

Sherman compared his family to a paragraph and really explained that the barriers were sentences. He compared writing into real life situations. He faced a huge problem with  being judged by indians and non-indians, if he was successful he would be judged by fellow indians because he had things they didn’t have. But if he failed in a non-indian world he would be judged by them but accepted by fellow indians. So he wanted to be successful for himself and not listen to others comments and was very successful in his life.

 

 

In Homemade education autobiography of Malcolm x  by author  Malcolm X  really expressed his opinion on education and really shed insight on topics pertaining to his culture and religion. Malcolm X talked about things people didn’t wanna talk about  things that people felt were to borderline, Malcolm really expressed himself and all his thoughts through his writing. Malcolm X looked to the books in prison and really furthered his education, he wanted to sound well spoken and wanted to express his thoughts while sounding credible.  A homemade education shows that education is a huge part of life and should be taken serious.

Three topics i would be interested in writing about for my essay are how sports affected my life. The life after being burned almost to death and high schools affect on me.

I’m come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me is time. People say Time is money but what are they really living for, time  in my mind is the greatest thing in the world. Time out values money in every way, when people look back at their lives they wish they had their time back. Because when you die you  can’t take your money with you.  Time does not stop for anyone so take advantage while you have your time.

 

 

 

I’am standing here as a  first generation college student. I’am very humbled to be here and to be furthering my education. I never really saw myself going further then high school i wasn’t really much of a scholar. I wasn’t some stand out student  i made it all work in the end and i ended up in college.  I’m excited for school now i’ve become  very passionate in school  and plan to go beyond just my two years at pima.

First thing I did before reading the essay was research my author and really dug deep into his life.  Malcolm x  was born on may 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska, and died February 21, 1965. Malcolm was assassinated   on February 21 at the Audubon Ballroom in Manhattan, before giving a speech.

Vocabulary:

articulate:having or showing the ability to speak fluently and coherently

emulate: match or surpass

inevitable: certain to happen

Figures of speech:

” I would guess I wrote a million words” this is an hyperbole he expresses Exaggeration.

 

There was a lot of bias in writings at the time Malcolm x was alive he said that the work was to Whitened because only white men were allowed to express their opinion without seeing any consequences. Black people or any race of color were  not allowed to express their opinions right or wrong without  some consequences. Therefore we were only getting half the story of most stories in the earlier days.

 

Summary:  Malcolm X trough the texts elaborates on how he furthered his education in prison, Malcolm began his studies in prison and was very successful in his endeavor and made himself a very smart man. Malcolm also expresses his many opinions on equality  not just of race and color but sex to. Malcolm was a very passionate man in his work and he work extremely hard for what he believed in. His many reasons for furthering his education was that of he wanted to be taken serious. He wanted to be able to voice his opinion and sound smart well doing it, he wanted to sound like he was sayin something with meaning not just a bunch of  words. By going passed his 8th grade knowledge Malcolm expressed true courage during his time because he challenged the white man. Malcolm was a great writer but must of all a great activist and a great man.

 

 

Audre Lorde was born February 18, 1934 in new york and died November 17, 1992. Audre was an american writer who’s main concerns and reasons for writing were  the focus of civil rights and gender equality. She wrote poetry and essays and was a very great writer.

Audre had breast cancer and had 60-80% chance that her tumor was malignant. She felt pain and suffered from it but she also learned a lot from it. She learned from cancer what was fear, she learned to not fear and be brave. She was an outstanding women and had a great out look on life.

Today in class we how to write a professional email and learned all the key components that we should include in one. We also sent an email to spencer regarding our URL for our WordPress. Another discussion activity we did was what is good writing and we expressed our opinions through our blog.

Good writing in my opinion is writing that is appealing to a reader. Something that draws the readers attention and really engages them , in good writing i feel one must use figurative language and be really  descriptive. A writer must also appeal to ones ethos,pathos,and logos. Another key component in good writing is tone and the way you talk about the topic. Good writing comes from a good writer which comes from a lot of studying and practice.

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