The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is a book written by Sherman Alexie, and about a 14-year-old boy named Junior. Junior lives on a Native American Reservation and has issues ranging from financial hardship to physical disabilities. A scene that stood out to me while reading this novel was when Junior played a basketball game against his old high school, Wellpinit. This is the most important scene in the novel because it contains character insight on Junior and showcases a major theme that can be seen in everyday life.
This passage is important because it contains character insight. An example from the text is, "He screamed; I screamed. And then I stopped short, about fifteen feet from the hoop, and made a pretty little jump shot. Everyone in the gym yelled and clapped and stomped their feet" (Alexie 141). Typically when people clap and stomp their feet it usually means someone did something incredible. For Junior, getting this type of attention for …show more content…
For example, when Junior is trying out for the basketball team and he sees all the other players and gets a little intimated. In the text it says,”Roger the Giant was strong and fast and could dunk. I tried to stay out of way. I figured I’d die if he ran me over. But he just smiled all the time, played hard, and slapped me hard on the back” (Alexie 136). This example shows that Roger might be more skilled than Junior, but that's not stopping Junior from working hard in tryouts. During tryouts Junior had to play one on one against Roger, and he is one of the best players on the time. While playing against him Junior makes a hoop, this is amazing because Junior was never good at basketball his whole life, he was used to being a benchwarmer and watched Rowdy play but it all changed when he came to Rearden. All this happened because Junior never gave up during tryouts and tried his hardest the whole game
This passage is important because it contains character insight. An example from the text is, "He screamed; I screamed. And then I stopped short, about fifteen feet from the hoop, and made a pretty little jump shot. Everyone in the gym yelled and clapped and stomped their feet" (Alexie 141). Typically when people clap and stomp their feet it usually means someone did something incredible. For Junior, getting this type of attention for …show more content…
For example, when Junior is trying out for the basketball team and he sees all the other players and gets a little intimated. In the text it says,”Roger the Giant was strong and fast and could dunk. I tried to stay out of way. I figured I’d die if he ran me over. But he just smiled all the time, played hard, and slapped me hard on the back” (Alexie 136). This example shows that Roger might be more skilled than Junior, but that's not stopping Junior from working hard in tryouts. During tryouts Junior had to play one on one against Roger, and he is one of the best players on the time. While playing against him Junior makes a hoop, this is amazing because Junior was never good at basketball his whole life, he was used to being a benchwarmer and watched Rowdy play but it all changed when he came to Rearden. All this happened because Junior never gave up during tryouts and tried his hardest the whole game