Robert B. Sherman

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…

years in Seattle. Jackson Jackson illustrates the struggle of being homeless alcoholic, an addiction that gets the best of him, who seems destined to fail on his journey to get his grandmothers regalia back in his family’s possession. The author, Sherman Alexie, uses Jackson Jackson’s character development and his internal conflict with alcoholism to help tell the story of a homeless Native American. The story starts off with Jackson Jackson giving a brief description of his background. He is a…

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…

ethnic group toggle memories of (Peralta)? In the unfortunate events of discrimination and prejudice against the First Nations living in Canada and the United States, this holds true when looking back at the past and present day. The famous writer, Sherman Alexie also known as Junior, is able to share and beautifully capture his experiences through his book, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. Throughout his novel, he gives lots of insight growing up being Native American, who is…

the obese and the vain, the intolerant and the selfish, the liars and thieves, the wasteful and the avaricious. And wasn’t he the greatest sinner? Wasn’t he more dangerous to the people who loved him than any terrorist could ever be?”(Alexie 95). Sherman Alexie uses many references to spirituality and religion throughout his Ten Little Indians novel, whether implied or directly. Alexie uses these references to make his reader think about questions involving spirituality or religion that…

his father drinking all the time, and spending the money in bars. When his father drove him to the new school; Junior’s thoughts go along with his father: “I hope he’d drive right home and not stop in a bar and spend whatever money he had left.” (Sherman, page 55) This quote shows a great universal quality of Junior as person and son; he does care. This is one of the toughest conflicts for Junior, the fact about leaving his family, even though he wishes…

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. Juniors…

Most of us are familiar with storytelling, being told stories throughout our lives. Story telling plays a huge role in Native American culture. Stories are told within households and communities to richen the relations and bonds between people. In Sherman Alexie’s film Smoke Signals, stories are used to show relationships between Suzy Song, Victor Builds-The-Fire, and Thomas Joseph which is illustrated in the stories shared between them. In the movie Smoke Signals during an accidental house…

With this quote in the story Sherman is basically describing a small situation where the main character is simply just walking into the store to buy a popsicle but even in that situation he is still dealt with racism. The clerk is looking at the main character as if he were a criminal about to rob the store and looking him over just in case he needed to give the police officer his description. This, however, isn 't the only sign of racism that the story reflects on. Sherman Alexie also writes,…

be the utmost complicated, yet valuable relationship one can have. The relationship you have with your parents plays an important role in shaping who you are and who you’ll be; it determines your true identity. Authors Amy Tan, Putsata Reang, and Sherman Alexie all implemented clear descriptions of their personal relationships with their parents. Despite how complex their relationships might have been, these authors tell us how their relationships with their parents did indeed shape them into…