Sherman Alexie “Superman and Me”
According to Alexie, why did he first take an interest in reading and writing?
His father was an avid reader and he admired his father.
His father encouraged him to read.
He loved comic books.
There wasn’t much else to do on the reservation than to read.
Which TWO PIECES OF from the text best supports the answer to ?
“I learned to read with a Superman comic book.”
“.since I loved my father with an aching devotion. I decided to love books as well.”
“I read late into the night until I could barely keep my eyes open.”
“My father . . . was an avid reader of westerns . . . and anything else he could find.”