The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

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censorship happened back in the 1600’s and continued scattered throughout history, through the action of book burning. However, these were the most severe cases and there has been a great deal of lower scale examples regarding literary censorship since this time. Additionally, the action of book censorship has evolved and been pursued differently by many concerned individuals as long has the literary industry has existed. In the article, “Teens Need Bold Books”, author Don Gallo shines a light…

Introduction The life of a person in the American society depends on the environment that a person is placed in. Each individual person has a different perspective and this is mine. Sociological forces such as my gender, ethnicity, and my social class have had an effect on the experiences I have had in my life. Although I have faced many different sociological forces, I still strive to overcome the obstacles that society has placed in my life. How My Gender Affects My Life I have felt that my…

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his relationship with George and Lennie’s state of mind. Similarly, Curley’s wife, another character in the novel, who, contrastingly, was not able to fulfill her dream of becoming a showgirl grew to hold a bitter outlook on her past. The same is true for as to why an athlete may be motivated to think more carefully about situations relating to their sport. In the end, both our outlook on life and innermost thoughts directly relate to the dreams we…

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Holden of Catcher in the Rye and Junior of The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian are distinct personalities in terms of integrating with the society. Holden endeavors to isolate himself from the society; on the other hand, Junior wants to become a part of the society he is living with, while still isolating himself. However, Holden couldn’t achieve not confining himself, whereas Junior turns out to harmonize himself with the society he is a part of. There are various factors…

muscular like the ones featured in fairytales, but that does not mean that they are any less of a hero because a hero is someone who is able to learn from themselves and others to make a situation better. In Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, an Indigenous teen named Junior is able to become a hero while he faces many conflicts in his life using his heroic traits. Through Junior’s courage, he is willing to make unusual choices that seem insane. Junior can also…

Book banning is an action that takes place worldwide instead of just in the United States. There are many reasons books are banned such as witchcraft, homosexuality, racism, and language. “A Day No Pigs Would Die”, by Robert Newton Peck banned because of cruelty to animals, violence, and graphic sexuality. Banned Book Week is the celebration of being able to have the freedom to read (Crum, 1). It is the ALA’s way of responding to the censorship of books (Monges, 1). Groups such as schools,…

Dr. Clar Baldus of the University of Iowa and theoretical knowledge gleaned from H. Lynn Erickson’s Concept-Based Curriculum and Instruction for the Thinking Classroom (2006). For a unit on transformation, I could easily include Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian by Sherman Alexie, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz, and Little Brother by Cory Doctorow. The first involves struggles for Native Americans, the second for high school boys…