Absolutely

The quote “Absolute power corrupts absolutely” is much more than an antithesis but it’s also a warning. A warning that tells us to watch out for those in power because power is dangerous and has the ability to change even the greatest of men. In William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, Julius Caesar is killed because of his peers believed that the power of becoming king of the Roman Empire would corrupt him. Because of this, his closest friend devised a plan to kill him before he had the chance to…

Why Alcohol should be banned Over 12% of Native American deaths are caused by alcohol according to NBC News . The book The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part Time Indian written by Sherman Alexie is about Arnold Spirit Jr. He is a 14 year old boy who is very good at drawing. He wants to go to an all white school, but he faces many challenges. The theme that is most common in this book is that alcoholism kills. Arnold loses many people in this story to alcohol. Arnolds grandmother gets hit by a…

or their beliefs and according to “Anti-Islam Discourse in the United States in the Decade After 9/11:The Role of Social Conservatives and cultural Politics” by David D.Belt talks about how a post on Charisma News with an article title “Why I am Absolutely Islamophobic” was very demanding on Muslim-Americans needed to to deported as soon as possible,or go under sterilization.Also had talked about on of Bush’s family friend being Franklin Graham had said that he thought the muslim religion…

Racism is a disease ravaging the United States, and knowledge is the cure. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time by Sherman Alexie is a book about Arnold, a boy who lives on a Native American Reservation. Arnold does everything in his power to escape the depression and alcoholism that eventually grips all Native Americans on the reservation. Arnold’s journey to the world outside the rez leads him to Reardan High, an all-white school home to the Reardan Indians. The mascot is the stereotypical…

Carnegie Medal (2002) ,Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award (2003), Anne V. Zarrow Award for Young Readers' Literature (2006).so she has gotten over the years a lot of awards for her being an author. 1990: Her first children's novel Absolutely Normal Chaos was published only in the U.K., by Macmillan Children’s Books in 1990. 1994: Walk Two Moons…

have their own tribes. For a lot of Native Americans, the Indian reservations hold a strong sense of community and culture and they feel like it is home. However, in many cases, such as in the case of Sherman Alexie in his personal narrative The Absolutely True Story of a Part Time Indian, Native Americans feel like the reservation system, even with strong family and community ties they have there, fails them. The reservation system often forces people to leave there home and community because…

Arnold, the main character in The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, would argue that fighting for family is of the greatest importance. For instance, after Mary, Arnold's sister, died in a house fire, Arnold and his dad have a heart-to-heart moment. "'I love you,' he said. Wow. He hardly ever said that to me. 'I love you, too,' I said. I never said that to him" (Alexie 207). After Mary’s death, Arnold and his dad have a moment in the car where they say the words “I…

The Absolutely True Diary of a Pat-Time Indian talks about a fourteen year old boy name Junior, born with hydrocephalus. Due to health condition he has developmental issues and is much smaller than the average, he experience seizures, poor eyesight, stuttering and lisping. He is of an Indian heritage, attendin a high school where he is picked on, he get into trouble after hitting his teacher with a book it was recommened for him to transfer to another school. A much wealthier school with…

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian teaches the reader that competence is not related to your IQ. Arnold Spirit serves as an example for this. Throughout the story he becomes more competent, and this is shown in various story points. One has to grow up to become more competent, it does not matter how intelligent they are. Age is one of the only cures for incompetence. In the beginning of the story, Arnold is somewhat incompetent. “And then Dad pulled down his rifle and bullets from…

This story takes place in Wellpinit and Reardan,Virginia in 2007. This story is about a kid who goes through a lot of mental and emotional problems and he’s living in poverty. High schools should not allow their students to read the book The Absolutely True diary of a Part-time Indian because it shows inappropriate actions that some people aren't mature enough to see. Arguably some reasons why this book should not be presented in high school “"My hopes and dreams floated up in a…