Last North America

Here is an excerpt from WSh's paper.  What are its strengths?  How could he empower it?

"Sherman Alexie uses much different strategies in 'Superman and Me' to try to reach a similar goal as Chief Seattle.  He chooses to write in an optimistic tone to show hope for the future of Native Americans, especially for the learning of the young children in schools.  This is smart because he should not be trying to twist his tone as Chief Seattle did but rather should be straightforward about his goals so they are understood and hopefully carried out.  The major difference between 'Message to President Franklin Pierce' and 'Superman and Me' is illuminated when Alexie tries to distance himself from traditional Indian values and instead focus on didactic and educational sticking points.  He writes, 'My father, who is one of the few Indians who went to Catholic school on purpose ...' and 'I learned to read with a Superman comic book.'  These lines show Alexie's call for education for Native Americans overall, not necessarily through traditional and possibly obsolete traditions.  Sherman distances himself from Indians by using 'we' infrequently, but he comes ;back to his roots' at the end of the paragraph when he writes about his goals of educating Native American children."