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“We lived on a combination of irregular paychecks, hope, fear, and government surplus food” -Super man and me.

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"He saw himself in her eyes, suspended in two shining drops of bright water, himself dark and tiny, in fine detail, the lines about his mouth, everything there, as if her eyes were two miraculous bits of violet amber that might capture and hold him intact."

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i refuse to fail. i was smart i was arrogant. i was lucky

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"I am trying to save their lives."
I chose this quote from "Superman and Me" because he's not really trying to save their lives, he's just trying to make them better. I also like this quote because Alexie read Superman comics and obviously Superman in the comic is going to say "I am trying to save their lives." and Alexie was trying to be inspirational.

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"I throw my weight against their locked doors. The doors hold. I am smart. I am arrogant. I am lucky. I am trying to save our lives." I chose this quote because, it explains how much Alexie loves to read.

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" They struggled with basic reading in school but could remember how to sing a few dozen powwow songs."
I chose this quote from Superman and me because, its questioning  the reason why the indians could remember a few powwow songs but didn't want to read.

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I refused to fail. I was smart. I was arrogant. I was lucky

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"my dad liked books so i liked books"

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"Despite all the books I read, I am still surprised I became a writer."

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"I refused to fail.I was smart. I was arrogant. I was lucky."
I chose this because even when he couldn't read, he still chose not to give up on learning.

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"I read with equal parts joy and desperation."
Quote from "Superman and Me"
I chose this quote due to my interest in multi-genre novels or short stories like "Superman and Me". Joy plays into my feelings of the book's content. Desperation plays into my thirst to know what happens next.

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"I refused to fail. I was smart. I was arrogant. I was lucky." I don't like to fail at anything.

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"Of course I'm happy."

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" I am breaking down the door."
Quote from Supermen and me.
I chose this quote because that how he learned how to read .

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" My dad loved books so i decided to love books as well"

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Seth O'Daniel
"While the books went up in sparkling whirls and blew away on a wind turned dark with burning. Montage grinned the fierce of grin of all men singed and driven back by flam." I selected this quote because I don't alway like what I am reading, but somethings I do like.

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" I love books, but I also knew that love only had one purpose.I was trying to save my life." The reason why I selected this quote was because Sherman Alexie explained to the reader how he loves books. And how he was trying to save himself by reading books.

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"I refused to fail. I was smart. I was arrogant. I was lucky."
I selected this quote because its saying that you don't have to give up on reading just because you don't think your not. You should fell lucky for being smart.

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"I read books late into the night, until I could barely keep my eyes open. I read books at recess, then during lunch, and in the few minutes left after I had finished my classroom assignments. I read books in the car when my family traveled to powwows or basketball games. In shopping malls, I ran to the bookstores and read bits and pieces of as many books as I could."

I chose this text from Superman and Me by Sherman Alexie because I really enjoy reading, and in any of my spare time, you can usually find me reading.

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Prompt:  Select a quotation from any of the texts we have read so far in the unit that best describes your opinion of reading.  Post the quotation and your reasons for selecting it.  Locate a quotation posted by a classmate and comment on it.  

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Prompt:  Select a quotation from any of the texts we have read so far in the unit that best describes your opinion of reading.  Post the quotation and your reasons for selecting it.  Locate a quotation posted by a classmate and comment on it.  