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Believe in yourself and others will believe in you The motivation of others can drive of forward to achieve our goals. It can also boost our self confidence and give us something to believe in. But that doesn’t always happen. People bring themselves down because they think they’re not good enough. They think that nobody will believe in them, that nobody with stand by them in the line of fire. But that’s not necessarily true. People always motivate their friends, teammates, even people they…

Have you ever been treated badly because you are different? In the Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, Junior, a mentally handicapped and Native American student, is often bullied. Although stereotyped and made fun of, both for his race and his brain disability, Junior’s friends help get him through these hard times. His friends have helped him persevere in spite bullying, death of loved ones, and have stood by his side even through their fights. Friends are essential…

The Absolutely True Diary of a part-time Indian by Sherman Alexie is the story of a teenage boy, named Junior, struggling with his tribe's culture. The young boy loses hope in his tribe, and he decides to pursue his education outside of the reservation. This caused numerous amounts of backlash between his friend and many members of his tribe. But he continues on with his education, because he believes that the culture of his people will drag him down and that he will never escape the…

Of Mice and Men and The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part-Time Indian have a comparable similarity in the two novels. There are lots of themes you can pull out of both novels, but one that can be compared is companionship. In both books there are two main characters that are best friends. In P.T.I. there is Junior and Rowdy, and in O.M.M. there is Lennie and George. These two friendships are alike in a lot of ways, but also have some different things about their relationships too. Junior and Rowdy…

¬ The words “disgusted” and “heartbroken” describe my reactions to the destructive nature of poverty concerning young people. This aspect is discussed in the novel, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie. My reactions include disgust because I did not expect Native Americans to live in absolute poverty and heartbrokenness because they continue to live in squalor while attempting to survive in it. These reactions arose as I read, “It sucks to be poor, and it…

Junior the Anti-hero Imagine growing up on an Indian Reservation and feeling there is little hope for the future because of a culture of poverty and alcoholism that is a part of everyday life. This is what Junior is facing in The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie. He does not see much of a future for himself living on the Reservation. Junior does not come across as a lead character who is heroic because he paints himself as someone who is weak and pathetic with few…

In Sherman Alexie’s “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part–Time Indian” we look into a young boy’s mind and are able to catch a glimpse of what it is like to break the boundaries of one’s culture, and the repercussions of such an act. Very early in the text Junior tells his parents he wants to go to Reardon, a school off the reservation, because he wanted more than the reservation high school could offer him. After being asked by his parents if he was sure he wanted to immediately switch schools…

In the novel The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part Time Indian a boy named Arnold who is living on a indian reservation with lots of poor, lazy, alcoholics seems to be the only one on the reservation that doesn't drink. Most people in his situation might act like that or lose all hope but somehow, Arnold does not. Arnold stays hopeful throughout the novel. There are times during the book where arnold feels like giving up but, but he never does. There are so many deaths and problems he faced that…

from a child to an adult. A lot of the time this person is a family member or an adult that you look up to. It can also just be a friend that grows up with you. These people provide a support system and assist you in your journey. In the novel, Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie, Junior matures with the help of his grandmother's wisdom, Mr. P’s ideas and his coach's encouragement. One influential person in Junior’s life that helped him grow up was his grandmother. His…

Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian touches on many issues faced by many modern-day Native Americans throughout their lives, one such issue being poverty, which appears to be present in most Indian families. The sort of poverty that plagues the Spokane reservation is the same kind that has plagued Native Americans for generations. One possible root cause for the situation would be that the current natives on the reservation see that their parents couldn’t do anything…