The Absolute True Diary of a Beauty, a Beast, and a Part-Time Indian
Books are an irreplaceable. They play a valuable part on shaping personal growth and development in a child’s life. They are meant to inspire and expand their awareness on how they live and where they live, intensify their capability to express themselves, and give them inspiration in a way that other means cannot. In stories, such as Jeanne-Marie Leprice de Beaumont’s version of “Beauty and the Beast” and “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian” by Sherman Alexie, inspire a main theme about finding one’s own fate and identity that is shaped by their poverty, family, and departure that is certain to give inspiration to children to learn and find their own purpose …show more content…
In “Beauty and the Beast”, Beauty began the story in the wealthy middle class family with an effortless and leisurely life style. Then suddenly her father, a wealthy merchant, loses all his wealth when he lost of shipment goods. Having no other alternative to keep his family in town, he is forced to revert to a lower class and relocate them into small house on the country side far from town. This changes Beauty’s whole life around. Due to this new rough and rustic lifestyle, she was obligated to rise out of bed early each morning to begin the chores of cooking and cleaning for the family. Beauty was upset at the loss of her father’s fortunes, but she knew she needed to help and cooperate so that her family would survive. This is revealed is the quote, “...were I to cry ever so much, that would not make things better, I must try to make myself happy without a fortune” (LePrince de Beaumont, pp. 1). However, like everyone else living on the Spokane Indian Reservation, Junior and his family have living in poverty their whole life that goes back generations from generations. Unlike in “Beauty and the Beast”, where Beauty’s father had a chance of regaining his fortune, there seems to be a vicious cycle of poverty, in which “You start believing that you’re poor because you’re stupid and ugly. And then you start believing that you’re stupid and ugly because you’re Indian. And because you’re Indian you start believing you’re destined to be poor” (Alexie, pp. 13). There seems to be no escaped from this reality. He explains that his parent’s had hopes and dreams of running and escaping life of poverty on the reservation when they were younger to be a teacher and musician. In the book it states, “…I know my mother and father had their dreams when they were kids. They dreamed about being something other than poor, but they never go the chance to be anything because nobody paid attention to their dreams” (Alexie, pp. 11).
Books are an irreplaceable. They play a valuable part on shaping personal growth and development in a child’s life. They are meant to inspire and expand their awareness on how they live and where they live, intensify their capability to express themselves, and give them inspiration in a way that other means cannot. In stories, such as Jeanne-Marie Leprice de Beaumont’s version of “Beauty and the Beast” and “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian” by Sherman Alexie, inspire a main theme about finding one’s own fate and identity that is shaped by their poverty, family, and departure that is certain to give inspiration to children to learn and find their own purpose …show more content…
In “Beauty and the Beast”, Beauty began the story in the wealthy middle class family with an effortless and leisurely life style. Then suddenly her father, a wealthy merchant, loses all his wealth when he lost of shipment goods. Having no other alternative to keep his family in town, he is forced to revert to a lower class and relocate them into small house on the country side far from town. This changes Beauty’s whole life around. Due to this new rough and rustic lifestyle, she was obligated to rise out of bed early each morning to begin the chores of cooking and cleaning for the family. Beauty was upset at the loss of her father’s fortunes, but she knew she needed to help and cooperate so that her family would survive. This is revealed is the quote, “...were I to cry ever so much, that would not make things better, I must try to make myself happy without a fortune” (LePrince de Beaumont, pp. 1). However, like everyone else living on the Spokane Indian Reservation, Junior and his family have living in poverty their whole life that goes back generations from generations. Unlike in “Beauty and the Beast”, where Beauty’s father had a chance of regaining his fortune, there seems to be a vicious cycle of poverty, in which “You start believing that you’re poor because you’re stupid and ugly. And then you start believing that you’re stupid and ugly because you’re Indian. And because you’re Indian you start believing you’re destined to be poor” (Alexie, pp. 13). There seems to be no escaped from this reality. He explains that his parent’s had hopes and dreams of running and escaping life of poverty on the reservation when they were younger to be a teacher and musician. In the book it states, “…I know my mother and father had their dreams when they were kids. They dreamed about being something other than poor, but they never go the chance to be anything because nobody paid attention to their dreams” (Alexie, pp. 11).