The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

Throughout the novel, “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian” Sherman Alexie’s really gives an authentic feel to his story as it is written about himself. Written in first person, Alexie portrays his journey through the eyes of Arnold Spirit Jr. Alexie grew up on the Spokane Indian Reservation in Willpinit, Washington. Able to describe the depths of these obstacles and wisdom he gained throughout his life on the Reservation. With knowing that these events throughout the book were a…

from the beginning. Arnold Spirit Jr., or Junior, for short, spends lots of time getting up on the soccer field to go play harder. He lives on the Spokane Indian Reservation, in Washington, where the majority of people living there are constantly drunk, gambling, or fighting one another. The education is poor, people are hungry, and nobody ever leaves. In the comedic novel, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie, the main character, Junior, demonstrates aspects of a…

«The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian” by Sherman Alexie touches upon many different themes like for instance racism and poverty, but most crucial to the story is the search for personal and cultural identity that Junior goes through. Figuring out one’s own identity is hard enough as it is, and even more so for a boy who suddenly finds himself in a situation where he has to walk among two “tribes” simultaneously. Junior knows he will be facing several challenges when he decides to…

“55% of students are bullied because of their look” (National Bullying Prevention Center). In the book, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, this is exactly what Junior is experiencing. Junior is bullied a lot in the book because of his identity, specifically his looks and his race. He decides to leave the reservation, his hometown, to go to Reardan which is an all-white school. Junior decides to leave for Reardan, but he struggles with his identity while dealing…

How do our life experiences shape our values? Values and beliefs are something most people hold dear to heart. We can begin to form the values from experiences as children or adults. The ideology that happiness in life will come from finding your own home, or even making your own. Struggles and past experiences can give us different values as people. Some people have a distaste for the land they were born in, or the situation they were handed in life, but found a home and found happiness.…

This text is an excerpt from chapter 6 of Sherman Alexie's The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. This passage occurs a week later, after Junior damages Mr. P's nose. Junior wishes to transfer to Reardan, a privileged white school. He explains that he wants to transfer schools, for he wants a better education. Junior thinks that by going to Reardan, he will be able to get the educational opportunity he never got. The author informs the reader that in order to get a decent education,…

determine how we want people to see us as. It’s all about you and your choice of character. How you portray yourself is how people will see you. Your choice of behavior determines how you portray yourself. When Junior in “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” started being aggressive towards Rowdy and his old teammates during the basketball game, people started to see him…

=----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------= How hard would it be for you, if you had to leave your school and everyone you knew, to go to a place where you were different and stood out. In the book The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, Arnold a 9th grader stands up for his culture and takes on a higher academic education. But for him to do this, he needs to leave the reservation and go to a rich white…

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 hydrocephalic, has a stutter, a lisp and…

something to believe in. But that doesn’t always happen. People bring themselves down because they think they’re not good enough. They think that nobody will believe in them, that nobody with stand by them in the line of fire. But that’s not necessarily true. People always motivate their friends, teammates, even people they might not know. And that’s what keeps them going, and going, and going, until they’re reaching the stars. Someone believing in you and calling your name and hollering for…