Poverty and Racism in The absolute true story of a part time Indian is the cause of all death. When the book starts Junior immodestly faces death by his dog Oscar. For me Oscar was the setting point in the book. For Arnolds family to describe how he died, because a lack of money by the family. That for me has the first time I knew that there would be an underline parallel between poverty and death. The narrator says’ “so I heard the boom of my father’s rifle when he shot my best friend.”(2.59-2.60).
Death in this book is a recurring thing hinting the fact that Juniors Grandma died from a relation to Alcoholism is linked to poverty. IN most parts of the book. Junior’s sister even passed away when a curtain