The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

The Absolutely True Diary of a part-time Indian by Sherman Alexie is the story of a teenage boy, named Junior, struggling with his tribe's culture. The young boy loses hope in his tribe, and he decides to pursue his education outside of the reservation. This caused numerous amounts of backlash between his friend and many members of his tribe. But he continues on with his education, because he believes that the culture of his people will drag him down and that he will never escape the…

People handle difficult situations and express their feelings in many different ways. In The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, the author communicates the pain and rage that the main character, Arnold Spirit, feels as he faces the everyday challenges of growing up on an impoverished Indian reservation. Throughout the novel, Arnold describes many of the adversities that him and his loved ones have to face, revealing how it emotionally, mentally, and even sometimes physically, takes a…

Junior the Anti-hero Imagine growing up on an Indian Reservation and feeling there is little hope for the future because of a culture of poverty and alcoholism that is a part of everyday life. This is what Junior is facing in The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie. He does not see much of a future for himself living on the Reservation. Junior does not come across as a lead character who is heroic because he paints himself as someone who is weak and pathetic with few…

In Sherman Alexie’s “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part–Time Indian” we look into a young boy’s mind and are able to catch a glimpse of what it is like to break the boundaries of one’s culture, and the repercussions of such an act. Very early in the text Junior tells his parents he wants to go to Reardon, a school off the reservation, because he wanted more than the reservation high school could offer him. After being asked by his parents if he was sure he wanted to immediately switch schools…

Poverty is a word that many of you hear all the time and something that you are familiar with. You have probably read millions of books and watched millions of inspirational movies about how people overcame the obstacles of poverty and after it was rainbows and butterflies. However, that’s usually not the case, and the terrifying cycle of poverty is very hard to overcome as we can see in the book “The Absolutely true Diary of a Part Time Indian”. But before we get deeper into the topic, let’s…

Deconstructive Theory in Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian In The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, a boy named Junior lives on a Spokane Indian reservation in Washington. He chooses to leave the reservation to pursue education at the local public school, Reardan. Reardan is known on reservation for its wealth and largely white student body. In a broader sense, a certain hierarchy exists between life on a reservation and the white society outside of its…

mobility for poor people or the working class. I thought that with enough hard work, even if this gap can’t be closed, it can be reduced. But what I did not realize was how large and wide this gap is. After reading the book “The absolutely True Diary Of A Part-Time Indian” and watching the documentary “Poor Kids” I have come to understand that there are some factors that make it nearly impossible for this gap to be closed and this idea of moving up the social ladder and meritocracy is mostly an…

personal goals. Their different hopes, dreams, and aspirations have been clumped together and became known as the American Dream. Though times have changed, the dream remains the same and can be defined as achieving success through hard work and perseverance. The novels The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald and The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie, along with the poem “I Was Dying” are all sources that make specific points about the dream. The movie McFarland,…

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“If you let people into your life they can be pretty...amazing”-Sherman Alexie. In the Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian, Junior faces many obstacles. Many things help him overcome his challenges, including his love for drawing, his family, and friends. To begin Junior love for drawing cartoons helps him overcome many of the challenges he must face. For example after his grandmother dies one of the ways he greves is through drawing cartoons. Through what he calls his “ceremony of…