wp1------Summary and Response paper----at least 750 words

Summary and Response

Situation Analysis

This article helps to explain discrimination and difficulties that most students go through while in learning institution. Therefore, the main audiences of this article include other classmates, instructor as well as researchers. The article is mainly meant to enlighten the students as well as the instructors to be very careful while dealing with the foreign students. The time of this article is strictly restricted to the scholars from the first grade to Twelfth grade. This is the time when some students tend to appear more powerful than the others. The place is at elementary and high school. The purpose of this draft is to educate some of the students as well as teachers to accommodate each other because no one applies where to be born. It also educates the students to remain focused and take every difficult situation as a stepping stone to greater heights. Based on that any person in walks of life is not supposed to give up no matter how challenging the situation may appear.

Summary and Analysis

In the current world, it is rare to find young students who take the advantage of any challenging situation. Most students who find themselves in a challenging environment always give up on the way. However, it is advisable for the students to take the advantage of the situation and push forward everything they do. The main objective of this article is to show the advantage of identifying what an individual can do and focus on it to achieve better results, despite of the difficulties and challenges.

“Indian Education” is an article that indicates the life of Sherman Alexie from the first grade to twelfth grade . It starts with the author explaining the life Alexie, the son of Coeur d’Alene who was an Indian father and the mother who also came from India. He was brought up in in Wellpinit, Washington, which was a home of about 1,100 Spokane ethnic members (Alexie, 1). He was considered to be one of the most precious kid who undergone much mocking from some of his classmates. From teasing he was able to realize that his opportunities of education were limited. He made the uncommon decision to attend a high school away from the reservation in the nearby Reardon. During the time he was in the college, he started to publish poetry after a year of his graduation. His first collection was the business of fancy dancing. Later that was followed by The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven, which was also a collection of short stories, and the Indian killer and Reservation Blues novels which got several awards as well as honors (Alexie, 1). At the same time, he also wrote the screen play for the highly acclaimed film .

The author found himself in a group of Indian boys. He was different in that his hair was too short and his glasses were horn-rimmed and ugly. Due to his appearance, the other Indian boys chased him from one side of the playground to the other. At one point this even becomes a point of hostility for the main character. They pushed Sherman down, buried him in the snow till the time he was unable to breathe. They took his glasses and pitched them over his head. He was falling down and his Indian name was junior falls down. He explains that “some point it was nose. Once it became cries like a white-Boy although none of them had observed white boy cry (Alexie, 1).” To the credit of the writer, when the situation really presented itself he found himself unable of going through with it. As the article continues, the author explains that Alexie was advised by teacher Betty to learn how to respect. And she sent Alexie with a letter to his parent to his braids or keeps him away from the class. He was advised by teacher Schluter that when he grows up he should be a doctor so that he can go back and heal his people as well as help his tribe. In the fifth grade he picked basketball for the first time but missed the shot. He was able to pass some of the written interview (Alexie, 3). Later he stood as the board chair read his achievements, scholarships and awards (Alexie, 6).

The article “Indian Education” has several valid points which the author is trying to make. Personally I would recommend this story to the readers. This story is credible original as well as easy to follow. I found it easy to sympathize with the plight of Alexie. In my opinion, the morals that this story teaches is done successful .

Work Cited

ALEXIE, SHERMAN . "INDIAN EDUCATION." (n.d.): 1-6. \

Kincaid, Jamaica. "Girl." The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Short Stories.

New York: Vintage, 1994. 306-07. Print .

�Avoid generalizations and assumptions.

�What article? Author/title needed.

�Though it is based on nonfiction, it is still a fictional story and that needs to be addressed.

�This is Alexie’s biography that comes before HIS fictional short story. It should be presented that way. Also, there is NO need to present his biography as this is a summary response essay, so all of this can be cut.

�Proofread. You have a lot of errors in this paragraph – and it’s strictly being copied from the CORE reading. If a movie is italicized and the first letter capitalized, you should do the same.

�The character’s name is NOT Sherman or Alexie.

�This needs to be redone, Shuning. Start by rereading the powerpoint in Session 2 so you know how to do a summary/response essay. Then, make sure you organize effectively. Have a clear introduction that introduces the topic/story & author/your response to it/your thesis. Transition to your summary of the story. Transition to your response to SOMETHING in the story – one thing, one image or scene or moment. Response personally and critically and profoundly. Tell a story and anecdote. Get critical. Then transition to the conclusion. Aim for at least 5-8 sentences per paragraph. Make sure your final draft meets the minimum word count.

�Much is missing here.

�Here is a sample of what it would look like for a different book / story.