When you believe in yourself, you can do anything you set your mind to. In Sherman Alexie’s Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Arnold, the main character and narrator, takes basketball very seriously. Arnold lives on a Spokane Indian reservation in Washington, and once attended high school there. After a motivational conversation with one of his teachers, Arnold decides to transfer to Reardan, the all-white school 22 miles away from the rez with much higher education quality. His…
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…
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…
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…
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, 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,…
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 leave…
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…
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;…