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To begin with, knowledge collected intelligence, you gain knowledge by attending school and learning. In these stories "Superman and Me", by Sherman Alexie, "A Smart Cookie", by Sandra Cisneros, and "Its Our Story Too!" by Ivette Cabrera, all have one thing in common and that is the use of knowledge. In "Superman and Me" Alexie gained knowledge by reading lots of books. In "A Smart Cookie" her mother says he had the knowledge to continue school, but the looks got in her way. In "Its Our Story Too!" Cabrera was talking about the book "House on Mango Street" Cisneros used knowledge of how youth life would be to express her feelings.

First, in the story "Superman and Me" Alexie saved by a Superman comic book, It seems he was doing excellent doing school "A smart Indian is a dangerous person, widely feared and ridiculed by Indians and non-Indians alike". (PAGE 347) In Addition, "I fought with my classmates on a daily basis. They wanted me to stay quiet when the non-Indian teacher asked for answers, for volunteers". (PAGE 347) "I read books I borrowed from the library. I read the back of a cereal box. I read the newspaper" (PAGE 348) He would read anything with words in it. …show more content…
Because I did not have nice clothes. No clothes, but I had brains". (PAGE 352) Afterwards, As she is telling Esperanza not to drop out she was saying that she was a smart cookie as she says "disgusted"she'll take the regret of her dropping-out to the grave. She was very talented when young "She can speak two languages. She can sing opera. She knows how to fix a

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