Absolutely True Diary Of A Part Time Indian Essay

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie is about an Indian, Junior, who lives on the reservation and eventually decides he wants to go to an all-white school. Not only is this already exemplifying diversity, but he also has medical problems and is very poor, unlike the other kids. Throughout this book diversity is show in many ways: the difference in the white school verses the school on the reservation, how the parents raise their kids, and interactions in the community. All these differences are shown throughout the book when Junior starts to get father into the year at the all-white school. Even though all these aspects are important, I believe the differences in race is what is most important because it shapes …show more content…
One difference between the Indians and the whites is funerals. “All my white friends can count their deaths on one hand. I can count my fingers, toes, arms, legs, eyes, ears, nose, penis, butt cheeks, and nipples, and still not get close to my deaths” (Alexie, 2007, p. 200). Junior talks about Indians go to funerals more frequently, and blames it on all the alcohol Indians drink while in comparison white people go to an average of five funerals because a grandmother or a sick aunt has died. Now while it might true these Indians die from alcohol, it goes farther than that. It shows the difference in cultural, how Indians not only drink more, they also let loose more and enjoy life while they can. Now yes, white people do enjoy life but they are little more uptight. For example when Penelope asked her dad if she could go get pancakes, he only agreed to it because roger told her dad he was riding with her though, if Junior would have asked her dad would have for sure said no. While Jr. didn’t have to ask his parents, plus, if it wasn’t for Roger, he would have walked home at three in the morning but his parents still would not have