Analysis Of The Young Adult Novel, The Diary Of A Part-Time Indian

When we think of secondary education, we do not appreciate it, since we are all entitled to learn it eventually. When we look at other parts of the world, however, Indigenous people value education more than we can ever imagine. This statement shows in the Young Adult Novel, The Diary of a Part-Time Indian since it depicts Junior, an Indigenous character from the Spokane Clan, who is in a state of poverty and is at a high disadvantage when dealing with the issue of education. In the novel, Junior is limited with the education system, textbooks given at his reserve are out of date, for example, or having no proper teachers to educate them. Which clearly indifferent to the school up west called Reardan where it has the appropriate tools for a student to advance their knowledge and have a higher advantage for students to get into college easier. In short, Education is a key …show more content…
Junior teacher, Mr. P, is truly unmotivated to teach in his class. “The lack of industry connection implies that those who teach, do not practice” (Jose, 2016). This is demonstrated when Junior explains how lazy he is, presently, a student must pick him up to come to school. With the lack of teachers’ encouragement, it brings students motivation down to learn.
Junior gets upset that he learns that his geometry lessons are being taught from 30 years ago. It brings a spark to Mr. P. and explains to Junior that he was not upset when he threw the textbook at him. Rather yet, he is proud because he did not give up. “You threw that book in my face because somewhere inside you refuse to give up” (Alexie, 43). Whereas to his Older Sister who Mr. P believed could have started to write novels but soon gave. Above all, Mr. P believes that if Junior left the reserve to do something more with his life, he can prove to the others that he not like the rest of