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Alexie's 'Superman And Me Interpretation'
April Willochell-DiSanza English Comp II – W1
Superman and Me Interpretation I believe that Alexie used many tools in order to grab his audience and keep them captured throughout his story. Alexie used his personal experience to guide up through the story and capture the audience with his feelings and emotions throughout his life. He showed how he went from and Indian boy who could not read at all, to a man who could write and many looked up to. Alexie showed how he
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