Throughout the novel, “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian” Sherman Alexie’s really gives an authentic feel to his story as it is written about himself. Written in first person, Alexie portrays his journey through the eyes of Arnold Spirit Jr. Alexie grew up on the Spokane Indian Reservation in Willpinit, Washington. Able to describe the depths of these obstacles and wisdom he gained throughout his life on the Reservation. With knowing that these events throughout the book were a reality, it made the novel much easier to understand and pull together. Alexie’s tribal heritage really helps pull the novel together and make it seem more relatable and personal touch. Because it was a personal story he was able to use such enthusiasm,
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Never does Alexie define these hardships or lessons as a negative thing, rather than doing so, he explains the bright side of these disabilities that he is set back with and embraces them. Ellen Forney does a wonderful job through her doodles of representing every situation that Junior goes through also giving insight into what Alexie endured, but with a sense of humor. Junior explains a few times that “[he] takes the [doodles] seriously and uses them to understand the world” (Alexie 95). The seriousness of the novel paired with the humor in the doodles gives the book a very happy medium. The doodles also allow the reader to understand who Junior really is as a character and how he handles his situations and sees the …show more content…
Learning that the tribe, his family, and friends were the most important things really impacted the way he was able to grow toward the end of the novel. An important theme that is repeated throughout the novel is that even when you feel small, you are big. The novel backs this up with the entire plot of Junior being a small part of the Spokane tribe to being a revolution and inspiration to something that everyone in the tribe has wanted to do, but was always too scared to do. In the end Junior was different in the best ways, and became a brave and inspiring individual. Alexie not only was able to share his life experiences with the readers, but was able to help the readers take in knowledge and heritage of the tribe that they may not have seen
Never does Alexie define these hardships or lessons as a negative thing, rather than doing so, he explains the bright side of these disabilities that he is set back with and embraces them. Ellen Forney does a wonderful job through her doodles of representing every situation that Junior goes through also giving insight into what Alexie endured, but with a sense of humor. Junior explains a few times that “[he] takes the [doodles] seriously and uses them to understand the world” (Alexie 95). The seriousness of the novel paired with the humor in the doodles gives the book a very happy medium. The doodles also allow the reader to understand who Junior really is as a character and how he handles his situations and sees the …show more content…
Learning that the tribe, his family, and friends were the most important things really impacted the way he was able to grow toward the end of the novel. An important theme that is repeated throughout the novel is that even when you feel small, you are big. The novel backs this up with the entire plot of Junior being a small part of the Spokane tribe to being a revolution and inspiration to something that everyone in the tribe has wanted to do, but was always too scared to do. In the end Junior was different in the best ways, and became a brave and inspiring individual. Alexie not only was able to share his life experiences with the readers, but was able to help the readers take in knowledge and heritage of the tribe that they may not have seen