4 Matching Annotations
- Jan 2024
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We were poor by most standards, but one of my parents usuallymanaged to find some minimum-wage job or another, which made us middle-class byreservation standards. I had a brother and three sisters. We lived on a combination ofirregular paychecks, hope, fear and government surplus food.
The family's financial challenges are portraying a life marked by poverty, irregular paychecks, and dependence on government surplus food.
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a SpokaneIndian boy living with his family on the Spokane Indian Reservation in easternWashington state
The setting is the Spokane Indian Reservation in eastern Washington state, providing a cultural backdrop that shapes the narrator's early experiences.
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Simple enough, I suppose. Icannot recall which particular Superman comic book I read, nor can I remember whichvillain he fought in that issue. I cannot remember the plot, nor the means by which Iobtained the comic book.
The narrator's inability to recall specific details about the comic book emphasizes the memory's distant nature and sets a nostalgia tone.
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I learned to read with a Superman comic book.
The narrator's introduction to reading is tied to a Superman comic book
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