Alexie Sherman The Joy Of Reading Comic Book

Comic books have been around for a long time. They are very popular among both kids and adults. However, there is a stigma concerning comic books. Many parents and educators dislike this form of reading. Many people don’t want their children reading comic books because of many reasons. For example, parents don’t want their kids to be exposed to violence in comic books. This is not a valid excuse to not let kids read comic books because just like movies and novels, parents have to decide whether the content is appropriate for their children or not. Another reason many parents or educators don’t want kids reading comic books is that comic books will not help kids preparing for future reading and once they start reading comic books, comic books …show more content…
In Alexie Sherman’s article The Joy of Writing: Superman and Me, the author talks about life living in an Indian reservation and how he learned to read by a superman comic book. By reading the superman comic book, he found enjoyment in reading. After the superman comic book, the author moved on to more complicated readings. Sherman’s father brought new books home almost everyday. Since the author adores his father, he decided to read what his father likes to read which were westerns, spy thrillers, murder mysteries, gangster epics, and basketball biographies. By the time he was in kindergarten, he was reading Grapes of Wrath when other kids are struggling with other simple readings. Even though the benefits of comic books is not the author’s main purpose of writing this article. It is very interesting that he became an avid reader with a superman comic book when many parents deny their children the joy of reading comic …show more content…
Comic books soon became big part of many children’s thinking, daily activities etc. In the article The effects of Comic Books on the Ideology of Children, authors Lauretta Bender and Reginald S. Lourie investigate the effects of comic books on children and how comic books can be accepted by parents or educators. This article includes real life cases of children who actively read comic books. Like this one about an eleven year old boy who has an unstable mother and an alcoholic father. After his parents separated, he was forced to live in an unsupervised foster home. After that, he was sent back to his mother who was very unwilling to raise him. The boy was sexually assaulted by an adult and he was sent to the hospital. Both psychological and medical treatments don’t do much good for the kid. However, he was happy and relaxed when he was wearing a Superman cape. Through Superman, the boy found temporary peace. To other normal children, the Superman cape can just be the power to fly, but for the boy, the cape gave him a sense of security. A comic book can have many different interpretations, it depends on who is reading it. To many children, comic books are just fun and entertaining. But for many others, comic books are more than that. For many children, reading comic books help them to cope with their problems in life and give them hope. Comic books are very powerful and the message