Love this one. A very important essay given the way so many schools buy into the need for kids to "see themselves in" literature, history, etc. Eduardo's Superman reminds me of the fact that as a kid my favorite cartoon hero was Mighty Mouse. I think perhaps because I was the younger of two brothers and my brother often lorded it over me…
Love this one. A very important essay given the way so many schools buy into the need for kids to "see themselves in" literature, history, etc. Eduardo's Superman reminds me of the fact that as a kid my favorite cartoon hero was Mighty Mouse. I think perhaps because I was the younger of two brothers and my brother often lorded it over me in various ways. Mighty Mouse's small size but invincible courage anyway made him someone for me to be represented by. As an adult now, I often think of my gritty hometown neighborhood, in Norwalk CT in the 1950s, as the very essence of who I am, along with New England-America-Polish-Russian Jewish heritage. Never have seen anyone in literature or film exactly like that, which is itself only a bare-bones outline of my "identity." Guess I will just stick with Mighty Mouse -- even if he is just a mouse.
Love this one. A very important essay given the way so many schools buy into the need for kids to "see themselves in" literature, history, etc. Eduardo's Superman reminds me of the fact that as a kid my favorite cartoon hero was Mighty Mouse. I think perhaps because I was the younger of two brothers and my brother often lorded it over me in various ways. Mighty Mouse's small size but invincible courage anyway made him someone for me to be represented by. As an adult now, I often think of my gritty hometown neighborhood, in Norwalk CT in the 1950s, as the very essence of who I am, along with New England-America-Polish-Russian Jewish heritage. Never have seen anyone in literature or film exactly like that, which is itself only a bare-bones outline of my "identity." Guess I will just stick with Mighty Mouse -- even if he is just a mouse.