It is extremely important for teens and young adults to read The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian because it gives a lot of insight on how people use friends as a way to cope with multiple life devastating situations. In the novel Junior goes through poverty, loss, and racism but gets through it with the help of his friends. Alexie demonstrates that people often turn to friends when in difficult situations.
Turning to friends during bad situations or when you’re feeling down can help you deal with them, and ultimately make you stronger once you're in a situation with no friends around. Alexie uses conflict(man VS self) to utilize his message. In the book Juniors pet dog Oscar is put out of his misery, Junior then becomes depressed. Junior tells Rowdy that he’s …show more content…
And he is right. Nobody would miss me if I was gone.” It is implied that Rowdy is telling him the truth in order for him to stop thinking about disappearing, and Junior ultimately feels better afterwards. If Rowdy hadn’t said anything Junior would’ve still been sad. This convinces the audience to care because it shows that without friends to be there for you, you’ll most likely stay sad/or in the situation you’re in. Secondly Alexie uses conflict again(man VS society) to show that having friends during situations can help you deal with them. . When Junior got scared of Rowdy he ran away, but into the Andruss brothers. They started bullying him and physically assaulting him. Once they stopped bullying Rowdy came towards him and provided protection. “I’m going to kill those bastards...” Then they(Junior and Rowdy) got revenge on the Andruss brothers. Rowdy snuck into their camp and shaving their eyebrows off, and cutting their braids off. Showing that friends are here to help you fight back. In the story Junior says that he loves Rowdy for shaving their eyebrows and braids, and that revenge felt good. This gets us to care about the message because it
Turning to friends during bad situations or when you’re feeling down can help you deal with them, and ultimately make you stronger once you're in a situation with no friends around. Alexie uses conflict(man VS self) to utilize his message. In the book Juniors pet dog Oscar is put out of his misery, Junior then becomes depressed. Junior tells Rowdy that he’s …show more content…
And he is right. Nobody would miss me if I was gone.” It is implied that Rowdy is telling him the truth in order for him to stop thinking about disappearing, and Junior ultimately feels better afterwards. If Rowdy hadn’t said anything Junior would’ve still been sad. This convinces the audience to care because it shows that without friends to be there for you, you’ll most likely stay sad/or in the situation you’re in. Secondly Alexie uses conflict again(man VS society) to show that having friends during situations can help you deal with them. . When Junior got scared of Rowdy he ran away, but into the Andruss brothers. They started bullying him and physically assaulting him. Once they stopped bullying Rowdy came towards him and provided protection. “I’m going to kill those bastards...” Then they(Junior and Rowdy) got revenge on the Andruss brothers. Rowdy snuck into their camp and shaving their eyebrows off, and cutting their braids off. Showing that friends are here to help you fight back. In the story Junior says that he loves Rowdy for shaving their eyebrows and braids, and that revenge felt good. This gets us to care about the message because it