Diary

The One and Only Nomad The Absolute True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie resembles a native American boy, named Arnold, who decides to change his fate and leave his reservation school and go to a rich white school to become more than someone who just stays on the reservation his whole life. Alexie shows that bullying is humiliating and sometimes soul- crushing, but if you keep your hopes high you will eventually overcome it. Arnold gets bullied on the reservation and bullied at…

Two of the five poorest of the United States’ 3,142 counties are located on Indian Reservations (U.S. Census Bureau, 2012). Sherman Alexie gives readers a glimpse into the life of a native american in The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. Through the main character, Arnold Spirit Jr., Alexie shows the reader what it is like to live in poverty on the Spokane Indian reservation. The book uses Arnold’s childhood experiences and alcohol to show the effects of poverty on Native American…

This book, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, is about a boy name Junior also known as Arnold Spirit. He is a Native American that lives on an Indian reservation known as the Rez. Junior is a special person. People have impacted his life as well as he has impacted theirs. Relationships between people are an important part of life. The three people that have impacted junior’s life the most are Rowdy, Roger, and Gordy. Through most of Junior’s life Rowdy was his…

Blossoming Lives Sprouted From Friends, Family, and Fights In the novel The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian by Sherman Alexie one realises humans all need other people to help one change and grow; the characters Arnold and Roger demonstrate this by helping each other alter negative parts of themselves. Initially, Arnold is a hopeless, trapped in a perpetual stream of despair, demoralisation, and defeatedness. In a final attempt to escape the suffocating hold his society has on in him…

There's have been much ignorance with a certain group of people that are suffering in the economy, lack of opportunities, and much more, they are called Native Americans or they are also known as Indians. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie. Junior is a teenager who lives on a reservation that is full of poverty and a negative environment. He transfers to a white school called Reardan, making him the different one in it, and caused his own tribe to go against him.…

In the novel, Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie, Arnold “Junior” Spirit, the protagonist is different compared to all of the other Indians on the reservation. Arnold likes drawing, “I draw all the time. I draw cartoons of my mother and father; my sister and grandmother; my best friend, Rowdy; and everyone else on the rez.” (Alexie 5). He uses his unique art skills to communicate with the world. Arnold is surprisingly smart. Mostly all of the Indians did not meet…

In the novel, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, the protagonist, Arnold Spirit, Junior is a fourteen years old guy who had to leave behind his Indian Reservation to a different atmosphere; where he thinks there are “more chances” of hope than his Indian life. The protagonist faces many obstacles in his life such as: poverty, racism, the alcoholism of his father, insecurity, doubts, bullying, among others. During the novel, Arnold shows through his moves and words, how poor people…

Diary Entry 1 March 21, 1943 My name is Solomon Radasky. I was born on May 17, 1910. My life has been pretty hard. I live in Warsaw, Poland. Now, the Nazis have overrun the city, forcing us to stay here in the ghetto. I used to live with my mom, my dad, my 3 sisters, and my 2 brothers. Sadly, they were all killed. My mother and older sister were killed at the end of January. My father was killed in April. He was trying to smuggle food into the ghetto. In July, my 2 brothers and 2 other…

In Sherman Alexie, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Junior and the reservation are faced with isolation by both the government and other communities because of racial stereotypes. Ever since 1851, reservation have held indians, and have kept them from knowing what's beyond their borders. Junior and his whole reservation suffer from being held up in these reservations, not knowing what the first step is to free themselves and leave the reservation and be successful. Fortunately,…

often mirror themes in each of their publications. Sherman Alexie, author of The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian and co-producer of Smoke Signals, demonstrates this technique through the aforementioned works by introducing topics such as family relationships, identity crises, the power of friendships, alcoholism, and the inevitability of death in both storylines. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian reveals the story of a young Indian boy named Junior Spirit who hopes to…