Kayvia Thompson Blog Post Overcoming The Struggle

Overcoming The Struggle

When Alexie writes, "I read with equal parts joy and desperation" to me its saying that he wanted to desperately learn to read That !nowledge would help overcome his cycle o" poverty Also his dad loved #oo!s and when your dad is that #ig o" an in"luence in your li"e you too would want to "ollow in his "ootsteps Without the in"luence o" his "ather, Sherman Alexie might have chosen a di""erent path in his childhood I" it wasn$t "or his "ather #eing the role model he was, Alexie might have accepted the expectations o" the non%Indians, rather than wanting to counteract the societal norms I #elieve that he and &alcolm ' turned to #oo!s to save their lives simply #ecause (iteracy is )nowledge The only way to change the cycle o" poverty is to overcome your "struggle" I thin! they did ma!e a great decision #ecause it helped improve their lives and the opportunities that were presented to them They were success"ul in an environment designed "or them to "ail &ore or less they were #oth aware that literacy was the only way out o" their low Socioeconomic conditions *eali+ation heavily plays into their desperation as well )nowledge is power and they reali+ed that They #oth came to acquire power through their appropriation o" !nowledge