Does Junior consider himself to be a victim? ¨In the book the absolutely part time Indian by Sherman Alexie, is about Junior who is the main character. He is on the journey to become a man. Junior is special he was born different he had extra fluid in his brain, he had more teeth than an average human. On the road to learning who he is he experiences hardship such as losing three family members in a row. All Instances had to do with intoxication. Junior states “I was crying because I knew five or ten or fifteen more Spokane’s would die during the next year, and that most of them would die because of booze.” Junior went through a lot as a kid going through bullying, changing schools and having his best friend turn on him. Junior sees himself
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His friend states that he couldn´t find a job because the white power structure. These statements about his friend are used to show the reader that many Blacks exaggerate the racism that discriminates against them and use it as an excuse to act victimized. What´s scary is that if people have the same attitude as him they will never be able to be successful, because you can´t be successful unless you believe that you can be. Being successful doesn´t depend on someone else it depends on you believing in yourself. Watts doesn´t completely say racism is still a problem but he calls out the black community to stop making themselves the victim and start to fight for a successful life for themselves. ¨In the book the absolutely part time Indian by Sherman Alexie, ¨ victimization
Plays a role on junior's life. The three deaths right in a row of Junior’s Grandmother, his dad’s best friend, and his sister (all three deaths attributable to alcohol). He feels like a victim. Junior also states that the issue will happen to ten Spokane’s. That incident is tragic because he was born with problems he deals with more problems and if that’s not enough he deals with death and sorrow due to the passing of his three family member. This can be very burdensome. You can tell he feels victimized.
In conclusion both articles of writing can relate because they have a victim. "The color of success," has elements of racism and he is victimized by his fellow black
His friend states that he couldn´t find a job because the white power structure. These statements about his friend are used to show the reader that many Blacks exaggerate the racism that discriminates against them and use it as an excuse to act victimized. What´s scary is that if people have the same attitude as him they will never be able to be successful, because you can´t be successful unless you believe that you can be. Being successful doesn´t depend on someone else it depends on you believing in yourself. Watts doesn´t completely say racism is still a problem but he calls out the black community to stop making themselves the victim and start to fight for a successful life for themselves. ¨In the book the absolutely part time Indian by Sherman Alexie, ¨ victimization
Plays a role on junior's life. The three deaths right in a row of Junior’s Grandmother, his dad’s best friend, and his sister (all three deaths attributable to alcohol). He feels like a victim. Junior also states that the issue will happen to ten Spokane’s. That incident is tragic because he was born with problems he deals with more problems and if that’s not enough he deals with death and sorrow due to the passing of his three family member. This can be very burdensome. You can tell he feels victimized.
In conclusion both articles of writing can relate because they have a victim. "The color of success," has elements of racism and he is victimized by his fellow black