"Superman and Me" is a somewhat biographical essay about a young Indian boy who learned to read earlier than the expected age of a child. His teachers stereotyped him and did not expect much from a boy of his race. Others were truly amazed when he showed off his reading talents.
The subject of this essay is the stereotyping of an Indian boy who teaches himself how to read. The occasion of the essay was in 1998 where it was published in the Los Angeles Times. The audience of the essay are schoolteachers and readers of the Los Angeles Times. The purpose of the essay is to inform. The speaker is Sherman Alexie. The tone of the essay is confident, encouraging, supportive, and positive.
Using the SOAPST, the audience learns about the roots of the essay. The reader realizes what the purpose of the essay is. Alexie wrote this essay expecting to bring up a personal experience about stereotyping. Stereotyping is common among not only schoolteachers toward their students, but to people all around the world. Alexie presented how he broke that stereotype and encouraged other young Indians to do the same.
The piece of literature is effective for the intended audience because it demonstrates how unnecessary stereotyping is not only to students, but people of all kinds. Stereotyping can be offensive to a race. One would not like to be called dumb simply because of their race. One would not like to be called hairy because they are of a specific race. This essay shows how the author broke stereotyping and encouraged his students to do the same.
Sunday, October 26, 2014
Quarantined Doctors
"White House Pressures States to Reverse Mandatory Ebola Quarantine Orders"
By: Marc Santora and Michael D. Shear
Source: Huffington Post
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/27/nyregion/ebola-quarantine.html
The recent Ebola outbreak has caused much tension in the United States. Ebola was brought from Africa with travelers who were either returning to their homeland or simply visiting. Citizens and residents of the United States are intimidated of getting infected by this contagious disease. The symptoms of the disease are quite horrific and eventually lead to death. The stage before death is the most severe of all. The disease causes the infected to secrete blood from all openings of their body. Because of the infectiousness of the disease, America has gone overboard with trying confine those who have been unfortunate enough to catch the terrible virus. The first person to be quarantined was Kaci Hickox, in New Jersey, who was just returning from Africa. Although she had no trace of the disease, she remained quarantined under inhumane treatment. Other states like New York have also have been conducting inhumane quarantine treatments like New Jerseys. The White House has finally took a stand in this madness. Obama spoke out stating that he wanted these madness and unnecessary acts to stop. These people are being trying like animals and America is going too far with this Ebola controversy.
Ebola is very serious and may cause many deaths. Because of this, people who have caught the disease should remain quarantined. But, the cases of the few who have been quarantined have been inhumane. The government should feel pity for those who have caught the virus instead of treating them like they are animals. The treatment or more fortunately, the cure, should shortly be discovered. After that, this Ebola crisis will come to an end.
By: Marc Santora and Michael D. Shear
Source: Huffington Post
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/27/nyregion/ebola-quarantine.html
The recent Ebola outbreak has caused much tension in the United States. Ebola was brought from Africa with travelers who were either returning to their homeland or simply visiting. Citizens and residents of the United States are intimidated of getting infected by this contagious disease. The symptoms of the disease are quite horrific and eventually lead to death. The stage before death is the most severe of all. The disease causes the infected to secrete blood from all openings of their body. Because of the infectiousness of the disease, America has gone overboard with trying confine those who have been unfortunate enough to catch the terrible virus. The first person to be quarantined was Kaci Hickox, in New Jersey, who was just returning from Africa. Although she had no trace of the disease, she remained quarantined under inhumane treatment. Other states like New York have also have been conducting inhumane quarantine treatments like New Jerseys. The White House has finally took a stand in this madness. Obama spoke out stating that he wanted these madness and unnecessary acts to stop. These people are being trying like animals and America is going too far with this Ebola controversy.
Ebola is very serious and may cause many deaths. Because of this, people who have caught the disease should remain quarantined. But, the cases of the few who have been quarantined have been inhumane. The government should feel pity for those who have caught the virus instead of treating them like they are animals. The treatment or more fortunately, the cure, should shortly be discovered. After that, this Ebola crisis will come to an end.
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