How Does Sherman Alexie Have A Good Friendship

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Friendship is a pretty important part of your life. Some friendships can be good, and some can be bad. In the book “The absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian.” Sherman Alexie tell that Junior and Rowdy have a good friendship throughout the book. Junior and Rowdy have always been there for each other, made each other happy, and made lots of memories.
One Reason Junior and Rowdy have a good friendship is because Junior and Rowdy are always there for each other. One example of this is when:
“I think Rowdy might be the most important person in my life. Maybe more important than my family...after all, I spend a lot more time with Rowdy than I do with anyone else. Rowdy and I have spent 40,880 hours in each others company. Nobody else comes anywhere close to that, trust me, Rowdy and I are inseparable.” (Alexie 24)
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That Rowdy and Junior have spent a lot of time together and that it was worth. Over course sometimes we have days where we get into some fights with our best friend and some people can work it out and some people can’t . Junior and Rowdy get into a lot of fights but hey always work it out and are still best friends. Junior and Rowdy are “inseparable”. You know that someone is your best friend when you spend more time with them then your parents, and that’s how Junior and Rowdy friendship is. Junior and Rowdy are always there for each other and, therefore Junior and Rowdy have a good friendship. Another reason why Junior and Rowdy have a good friendship is because they have a good time when they are with each other, they like to make each other happy. Junior describes how he likes to make Rowdy

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