Diary

What are you willing to do to fulfill your dream? Would you abandon your culture so you can succeed? Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Is a book that poses these questions to the reader. This books main character also has to answer these questions throughout the book. The book is follows Junior, a 14 year old boy from the Spokane indian reservation and his struggles through grief and poverty. On top of these struggles, Junior decides to attend an all white school…

In Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Alexie channels his voice through Junior, a poor young boy living on the Spokane Indian Reservation. Alexie writes of the impacts of poverty to himself and to an unnamed audience in the form of a diary. The author adopts a bitter and hopeless tone to tell the story of a hot July day when his dog, Oscar, fell ill. Alexie’s inclusion of specific details demonstrates his feelings of resent towards him and his family having their…

I did not know it at the time, but all my problems started with a diary I kept when I was a kid. I wrote down everything my dad did to me. One night things got bad, really bad. I felt like I could not get away from what was happening no matter how hard I tried. It was like I was trapped in a corner. There was no escaping. I could not take it anymore. The abuse, day after day, week after week was too much to bear. Wearing long sleeves and pants all summer long, just trying to hid the welts and…

with the middle class white world, creating quite an enlightening mixture of adventure in the novel, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. Arnold (Junior), an Indian teenager, was a nobody; He was “a zero on the rez” (16). Little did Junior know that every thing he thought about himself as a zero is about to be proven wrong. In Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Arnold’s transformation ignited within a maze of hope and change is shown through his…

I? Arnold tackles that exact question in The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie. For the sake of self-discovery, Arnold goes against the wishes of his community, he puts himself in a brand new territory and does things that he wouldn’t have at Wellpinit. He pretends to be someone he isn’t, but eventually we know who Arnold really is, and how he preserves himself in his mad world. In The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian we see Arnold develop into a person.…

The book that i have chosen is called, “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” written by Sherman Alexie. This book has an interesting character named Arnold Junior. People originally calls him Junior. Personally, i love the character in this book, because junior is always open and straightforward! He bes himself; however, he can be very angry and disgusting! The story It starts him of at his Spokane Indian Reservation. Since, his residents valued alcohol over education;…

Diet Diary 69574336 Diet diary of student 69574336 provided more information compared to my previous diet diary I reviewed. In the given students bodyweight was 132lbs; I assumed student is within the age group of 31-50yrs, healthy and active person. According to the Canada food guide average daily energy requirement in age 31-50yrs old for an active male is 2600-2900 Cal and for an active female is 2000-2250 Cal. Protein requirement Daily protein requirement of 0.8-1g pre body weight (kg) in…

The Diary of a Madman, written by Lu Xun, is about a man overcome with a horrible sickness and changes his way of seeing the world. This story was published in 1918 and takes place in China. One confusing element of this story is who the true author is. Since this is a story from a diary written by a madman, is the madman the author or the one who published it. Since numerous people would consider this story fiction would that indicated that in fact the author is not mad and cannot be taken at…

Alcoholism in Reservations In Sherman Alexie’s book entitled “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian,” one of the many continuous themes is alcoholism. It shows how alcohol can affect everyone surrounding it, and the destruction is causes within families or personal feelings. Junior (the main character) labels his community as a generally drunk society. The book allows us to witness the tragedies Junior has encountered first hand. Within the short amount of time Junior has lived, he…

Have you ever had a hard time switching from a totally different environment? The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, demonstrates many things. Most importantly it demonstrates how a new environment can give you a different perspective. Junior changed many times throughout the novel. Especially, Penelope gave him a different view of himself. Gordy displayed him a way that being smart is a good thing. Junior's sister Mary gave him confidence to do what his heart…