Walking in Multiple Worlds
On page 57 of “The Absolutely True Diary of A Part Time Indian, “ by Sherman Alexie, Arnold draws a comic expressing how he feels, “white” and “Indian” depending on where he is and how he acts. Like Arnold, I often feel as if I am part of different “tribes”, or groups, depending on the circumstances I am in. Arnold felt most associated with the groups, “white” and “Indian”. I feel most associated with the tribes “obedient daughter”, “good student” and “rebellious teenager”. These three tribes all intersect and contradict in different ways.
“Obedient daughter” is a tribe I feel balances out my other tribe, “rebellious teenager”, along with the group, “good student”. With this tribe comes many favorable personality …show more content…
Unfortunately, although the positive traits overlap in my first two tribes, they are usually overthrown by the “rebellious teenager” tribe. Unlike the other two tribes, in this tribe, the negative traits outweigh the positive traits. This tribe comes with procrastination, lack of organization, stubbornness, and impulsiveness just to name a few of the negative traits that come with the tribe. When it comes to being impulsive, I feel as if I can relate to Arnold in the way that when he gets upset he becomes especially impulsive and short tempered. An example of this is when Arnold throws a his geometry textbook at his teacher. Like him, I can “black out”, although it never gets to the point where I physically hurt others. Being a rebellious teenager can cause for many issues and it conflicts with the other two tribes even on small things such as organization. As a rebellious teenager I am carefree and do not care about how organized I am. As an obedient daughter and good student, I try my hardest to keep everything neat and clean. In the battle between the tribes I belong to, usually , the rebellious teenager wins as it motivates me to be lazy and procrastinate. These three tribes seem to not be able to intersect all together but just contradict. Yer, there is one …show more content…
In every aspect of my life I try to be independent, however, it is especially emphasized in these three groups. As a rebellious adolescent I am not a fanatic of authority. As a good student, I respect authority and try to work hand and hand with it, but try and always keep distance to be able to learn and flourish. As an obedient daughter , I try as hard as I can to keep myself from being submissive and try and become more and more independent. All of these reasons are different and clash with each other, yet, the way they clash describes perfectly who I am. Arnold expresses on page 117,” I realized that, sure, I was a Spokane Indian. I belonged to that tribe. But I also belonged to the tribe of American immigrants. And to the tribe of basketball players. And to the tribe of bookworms….It was a huge realization. And that’s when I knew I was going to be okay.” I believe this is describing how he was not only an “Indian” or a “white” but he was a part of so many different tribes that he did not associate with before. These three tribes are not the only tribes I am a part of, nor are they the only ones who intersect and conflict. I am a part of the group of night owls, cat lovers, dog lovers, adventure seekers, bakers, musicians, book worms, Christians, abstract artists, clothes and shoe enthusiasts and the tribe of children turning adults just to name a few. Many of these conflict and
On page 57 of “The Absolutely True Diary of A Part Time Indian, “ by Sherman Alexie, Arnold draws a comic expressing how he feels, “white” and “Indian” depending on where he is and how he acts. Like Arnold, I often feel as if I am part of different “tribes”, or groups, depending on the circumstances I am in. Arnold felt most associated with the groups, “white” and “Indian”. I feel most associated with the tribes “obedient daughter”, “good student” and “rebellious teenager”. These three tribes all intersect and contradict in different ways.
“Obedient daughter” is a tribe I feel balances out my other tribe, “rebellious teenager”, along with the group, “good student”. With this tribe comes many favorable personality …show more content…
Unfortunately, although the positive traits overlap in my first two tribes, they are usually overthrown by the “rebellious teenager” tribe. Unlike the other two tribes, in this tribe, the negative traits outweigh the positive traits. This tribe comes with procrastination, lack of organization, stubbornness, and impulsiveness just to name a few of the negative traits that come with the tribe. When it comes to being impulsive, I feel as if I can relate to Arnold in the way that when he gets upset he becomes especially impulsive and short tempered. An example of this is when Arnold throws a his geometry textbook at his teacher. Like him, I can “black out”, although it never gets to the point where I physically hurt others. Being a rebellious teenager can cause for many issues and it conflicts with the other two tribes even on small things such as organization. As a rebellious teenager I am carefree and do not care about how organized I am. As an obedient daughter and good student, I try my hardest to keep everything neat and clean. In the battle between the tribes I belong to, usually , the rebellious teenager wins as it motivates me to be lazy and procrastinate. These three tribes seem to not be able to intersect all together but just contradict. Yer, there is one …show more content…
In every aspect of my life I try to be independent, however, it is especially emphasized in these three groups. As a rebellious adolescent I am not a fanatic of authority. As a good student, I respect authority and try to work hand and hand with it, but try and always keep distance to be able to learn and flourish. As an obedient daughter , I try as hard as I can to keep myself from being submissive and try and become more and more independent. All of these reasons are different and clash with each other, yet, the way they clash describes perfectly who I am. Arnold expresses on page 117,” I realized that, sure, I was a Spokane Indian. I belonged to that tribe. But I also belonged to the tribe of American immigrants. And to the tribe of basketball players. And to the tribe of bookworms….It was a huge realization. And that’s when I knew I was going to be okay.” I believe this is describing how he was not only an “Indian” or a “white” but he was a part of so many different tribes that he did not associate with before. These three tribes are not the only tribes I am a part of, nor are they the only ones who intersect and conflict. I am a part of the group of night owls, cat lovers, dog lovers, adventure seekers, bakers, musicians, book worms, Christians, abstract artists, clothes and shoe enthusiasts and the tribe of children turning adults just to name a few. Many of these conflict and