Mary Who Runs Away
Siblings are often an important part of life for any who posses them, and although these relationships can be trying, they can also be extraordinary. Through the life and death of Mary in The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Sherman Alexie not only demonstrates the hardships that people can face, especially those impoverished or disadvantaged, but creates a memorable and exceptional narrative by building and destroying a source of joy in Arnold’s life using the scenes which include her writing, her departure to Montana as well as marriage, and her death.
Arnold’s sister, “Mary Runs Away”[28], begins the story as a basement dweller, someone who has lost hope, or so it seems. This makes the nickname seem particularly strange, but Arnold states that it is because she is frequently wild and surprising. When Mr. P confesses to Junior, he mentions how Mary loved to write, and that she wanted to write romance novels[37].…