Absolutely True Diary Of A Part Time Indian Analysis

Discovering and learning the true colors of the world is all part of human experiences. In The novel “The Absolutely True Diary of A Part-Time Indian” by Sherman Alexie, he shows the world through the eyes of a fourteen year old boy who has life threatening situations throughout the book. He wrote this book specifically for teens ranging from the ages of thirteen through sixteen. He wanted to write this book exposing life problems that many are bound to go through. To all of these life problems, he writes ways of coping with them and moving on. As for the author, Alexie went through many life struggles such as sexual abuse, physical abuse, lived in poverty and more, made him want to write this novel to his younger self (“why”). As for parents concern, they want to ban this book. This book has …show more content…
It may have some foul language, some racism here and there, and some sexual content, but why challenge it? Understanding that parents just want to protect their children is why they challenge it. What parents may think is that they're doing good and may have protected their child from something they already have experienced. Parents don’t always know what is going in their child's life. They may not know that they are being bullied, have been abused, have attempted suicide several times, or in deep depression. They may protect them from this book, but they can’t protect them from reality. This is one of the most inspiring books out and have helped many teens. To keep it hidden from them won’t do them any good. Banning it, would only want to make them read it just as bad. As crafty as teens are, they will read the book. What parents fighting against this book either is that they are fight for the children of the parents that want to let their child read a bloody novel (“why” Alexie). Alexie only wants to arm teens with weapons to fight the monsters in life.