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…
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. More…
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 has encountered…
In the novels Speak by Laurie Anderson and The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian by Sherman Alexie, freshmen Melinda and Arnold are adjusting to their new schools, but find themselves as outsiders in the sea of their fellow students. Many of these students loathe Melinda because she called the police on a party last year, even though the call was made in desperation after being a victim of rape. Arnold encounters comparable challenges. The students at his school have animosity towards…
In the book, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Native American author Sherman Alexie writes about his life on the Spokane Washington Indian Reservation. The main character Arnold Spirit who liked to be called Junior portrays Alexie who grew up on an Indian Reservation. Junior struggled with his identity on a personal level, along with how others view him, and how all non-Indians picture Native Americans. Throughout Junior has added difficulty because Indians are surrounded by…
Hope helps us to live through tough times. When we stay positive about our future, and feel that we have to fight to win the problems you are dealing with, our probability to succeed increases. Remember that our subconscious mind is the most powerful thing on this earth. With its help, you can make an impossible possible, or win a war. For example, from the book The Absolutely True Diary Part-Time Indian demonstrates various ways of hope and dreams found in the book. Junior's experience, they're…
Why Alcohol should be banned Over 12% of Native American deaths are caused by alcohol according to NBC News . The book The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part Time Indian written by Sherman Alexie is about Arnold Spirit Jr. He is a 14 year old boy who is very good at drawing. He wants to go to an all white school, but he faces many challenges. The theme that is most common in this book is that alcoholism kills. Arnold loses many people in this story to alcohol. Arnolds grandmother gets hit by a…
people expect them to work. For example, when a teacher assigns an essay that must contain a minimum of three body paragraphs. Because of this, there is not much room for creativity and unique content from students. In the book, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, a Native American boy named Junior attended a school in his reservation called Wellpinit High. After realizing this school offered him…
I would have never chosen to read The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie if I had my choice. I am so glad that it was one of the books that Mrs. Martin has for us to read this year, and it was a really great one to start off with. I enjoyed this book so much, I laughed and cried. It had very many very good lessons to be learned from it as well. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian should not be banned from schools and libraries. All of the stuff that has…
Question 1 Alexie in his novel The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian details the hardships Native American Indians encounter through going to white public high school in Washington in the off-reservation Reardan town (Alexie and Forney 36). The novel addresses social issues, such as bullying, violence, sexual references and poverty in addition to tragic deaths of most of the characters that discuss the American culture clash with the Indian culture. Junior is one character that is in…