“It is not our differences that divide us, it is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences,” said Audre Lorde, a Caribbean-American writer, and civil rights activist. In this quote she is saying that if we just agreed that we are different, and we won’t alway get along, then the world would be a more peaceful place. Even in today’s society people are pulled apart from others because of their differences. Even so the society today is better than it was during times like America in the 1930’s, on the Indian reservations, and in Europe between Jews and Christians. This common theme can be traced throughout all the literature read in this english class; through To Kill a Mockingbird, The Absolutely True Diary of a
…show more content…
“My head was so big that little Indian skulls orbited around it. Some of the kids called me orbit. And other kids just called me Globe. The bullies would pick me up, spin me in circles, put their finger down on my skull, and say, “I want to go there.” (Alexie 3) He was born with a condition that caused him to have extra cerebral spinal fluid in his skull. He had to get the fluid removed from his skull when he was only six months old. He had ten extra teeth, and his hands and feets were too large for his body. Most people might think it’s cool that he survived the procedure and is fully functional. Instead the community he lives in teases him for it, and he is constantly bullied for it. The only one who doesn’t bully him about it is his friend Rowdy. He understands that he couldn’t do anything about it, he has problems of his own, and they both accept each other for them. Then he goes to Reardan high, an all white school. He is the only Indian there, except the mascot. “They stared at me, the Indian boy with the black eye and swollen nose, my going away gifts from Rowdy. Those white kids couldn’t believe their eyes. They stared at me like I was Bigfoot or a UFO. What was I doing at Reardan, whose mascot was an Indian, thereby making me the only other Indian in town?” (ALEXIE 56). The start of the year seems pretty bleak to him. As the year goes on, people seem to just ignore him, like he is a fact of the school, except a few like Roger and Penelope. Roger was at first very rude to him, but after Junior punched him in the face, he seemed to come to an understanding with him. Junior was very surprised the first time he was nice to him, because he was used to people being very inconsiderate. “Wow, he didn’t kick my ass. He was actually nice. He
“My head was so big that little Indian skulls orbited around it. Some of the kids called me orbit. And other kids just called me Globe. The bullies would pick me up, spin me in circles, put their finger down on my skull, and say, “I want to go there.” (Alexie 3) He was born with a condition that caused him to have extra cerebral spinal fluid in his skull. He had to get the fluid removed from his skull when he was only six months old. He had ten extra teeth, and his hands and feets were too large for his body. Most people might think it’s cool that he survived the procedure and is fully functional. Instead the community he lives in teases him for it, and he is constantly bullied for it. The only one who doesn’t bully him about it is his friend Rowdy. He understands that he couldn’t do anything about it, he has problems of his own, and they both accept each other for them. Then he goes to Reardan high, an all white school. He is the only Indian there, except the mascot. “They stared at me, the Indian boy with the black eye and swollen nose, my going away gifts from Rowdy. Those white kids couldn’t believe their eyes. They stared at me like I was Bigfoot or a UFO. What was I doing at Reardan, whose mascot was an Indian, thereby making me the only other Indian in town?” (ALEXIE 56). The start of the year seems pretty bleak to him. As the year goes on, people seem to just ignore him, like he is a fact of the school, except a few like Roger and Penelope. Roger was at first very rude to him, but after Junior punched him in the face, he seemed to come to an understanding with him. Junior was very surprised the first time he was nice to him, because he was used to people being very inconsiderate. “Wow, he didn’t kick my ass. He was actually nice. He