The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie is a novel about a Native American named Junior living on the Spokane indian reservation who decides to go to a predominantly white school in order to get a better education. One of the main characters in the story, Mr.P, can be characterized as regretful and compassionate. Sherman Alexie’s purpose in developing Mr.P in this specific way is to progress the plot. One way, we can characterize Mr.P is by describing him as regretful. We see this in the novel Mr.P decides to have a sit down with Junior. Mr.P decides to share some things that he has done in his past that he is not proud of. According to The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part-Time Indian it states “ When i first started
