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In the story, The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part Time Indian, Junior tries to find his identity. He goes on an emotional rollercoaster of a year. He has to face many deaths, bullies, mean teachers, and even love. The first major thing that Jr. does is he leaves his school and goes to an all white school. His family is the only people who accept him for going to Reardan. This was his first step into Juniors long journey on finding himself. He goes to his new school and is automatically rejected…

Living on the Reservation: How It Frames Your Future and Sets a Certain Limitations for Your Dreams and Goals The novel, “ The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time” by Sherman Alexie, is a very inspirational book because it teaches the reader about hope, perseverance, not letting the community you live in define who you are as a person, and not letting your living conditions set a certain limitations for your goals and plans for the future. While reading the book one learns about how…

Sherman Alexie’s, “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian” is the account of Arnold Spirit, also known as Junior. Junior is the novel’s narrator and while he is witty and seemingly proud of his heritage in the beginning of the story, it appears the point of the novel is to show us Junior’s transformation. He begins life on the reservation, attending school in Wellpinit, Washington. Eventually, he transfers to an all-white high school twenty-two miles from the reservation in Reardan,…

In “The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part Time Indian” the author, Sherman Alexie, develops characters through his use of figurative language. Alexie’s use of figurative language has a considerable impact on characterization and development of a character's personality and background. Alexie uses similes to develop characters’ background and provide the readers an image of a character in the past. Arnold Spirit says, “I started wearing glasses when I was three, so I ran around the rez looking…

Walking in Multiple Worlds On page 57 of “The Absolutely True Diary of A Part Time Indian, “ by Sherman Alexie, Arnold draws a comic expressing how he feels, “white” and “Indian” depending on where he is and how he acts. Like Arnold, I often feel as if I am part of different “tribes”, or groups, depending on the circumstances I am in. Arnold felt most associated with the groups, “white” and “Indian”. I feel most associated with the tribes “obedient daughter”, “good student” and “rebellious…

Friendship comes in many different ways, there are nice, mean, some whom are close and some whom are not close friends. In the book, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie, Arnold who is the main character has one really good friend who is Rowdy. They were friends since they were born. Arnold and Rowdy both live on a reservation where people are going through hard times. Arnold wanted to go to a school that wasn’t on a reservation and Rowdy felt as if Arnold was…

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie is about an Indian, Junior, who lives on the reservation and eventually decides he wants to go to an all-white school. Not only is this already exemplifying diversity, but he also has medical problems and is very poor, unlike the other kids. Throughout this book diversity is show in many ways: the difference in the white school verses the school on the reservation, how the parents raise their kids, and interactions in the…

hroughout his journey from his poor Indian reservation to a neighboring all white school. Arnold Spirit, the main character in “The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part Time Indian”. By Sherman Alexie Junior experiences on and off the reservation helped him understand to ignore all the hate, so you can focus on more important thing and follow your dreams even if other disagree. (Body #1: One of the life lesson that Junior learned through his experience was to follow your dreams even if other…

Amit’s Response Element Where is hope? What is hope? Who can have hope? Trying to solve these questions, Sherman Alexie’s book, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian investigates the journey of a budding 14 year-old cartoonist named Junior, or Arnold Spirit. Being a poor, Indian living on a reservation, that suffers from hydrocephalus, Junior does not get the liberty of having an easy life. He is picked on by everybody other than his best friend Rowdy, the roughest kid on the rez.…

Julia Alessio Mrs. Martyn English 10H 10 May 2018 The Absolutely True Diary of the Discussion With my Adult After completing The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, my adult and I examined our interpretations on particular symbols in the book, exchanged our thoughts on the significance of the title, and considered themes that the author was trying to convey. Through picking my mom to read this book with me, I originally believed that there was nothing more I could…