In the story “Superman and Me” author Sherman Alexie was a Native American boy who lived gained the skill of reading from a Superman comic book. With his new skill, he wanted to break the stereotype that  Indian kids were dumb and didn’t know how to read. So he superman motivated him to try and get other Indians to learn how to read so they can too break the stereotype.

Terry MacMillan In “The Movie that changed my Life” was a young  girl who lived with a lot of family problems that led her to find the movie the Wizard of Oz. To Terry, this was her form of getting away from her problems at home,. By watching the movie, it helped Terry gain the things in life by having the qualities the characters had in the movie.

The similarities between Sherman and Terry were that they were young girl growing up in a small part of their town and not really having the same opportunities as others had. They also found something that really made them happy. For Terry it was the Wizard of Oz and and for Sherman it was the Superman comic. They both used the things they liked as a safe haven for them but had different ways they used them. For terry she used the movie, as a way for her to achieve her dreams and escaping her problems at home and to never be afraid of doing something in life, so this was more of something that would help her become a better person. For Sherman, he used the superman comic as a way to not only improve his reading, but the other Indians that were struggling in that subject.