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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is a book written by Sherman Alexie, and about a 14-year-old boy named Junior. Junior lives on a Native American Reservation and has issues ranging from financial hardship to physical disabilities. A scene that stood out to me while reading this novel was when Junior played a basketball game against his old high school, Wellpinit. This is the most important scene in the novel because it contains character insight on Junior and showcases a major…

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Take Home Test Sherman Alexie’s National Book Award Winning novel, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, deals with many sensitive issues and topics that teenagers can relate to in their own lives. Dealing with friendships, identity, and bravery, Alexie’s novel constructs an emotional bond with the audience by addressing matters important in a young reader's life. To deprive certain school districts of this piece of literature, is…

In the novel, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, the protagonist, Arnold Spirit, Junior is a fourteen years old guy who had to leave behind his Indian Reservation to a different atmosphere; where he thinks there are “more chances” of hope than his Indian life. The protagonist faces many obstacles in his life such as: poverty, racism, the alcoholism of his father, insecurity, doubts, bullying, among others. During the novel, Arnold shows through his moves and words, how poor people…

There's 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.…

The Absolutely Diary of a Part-Time Indian In The Absolutely Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie Junio, is a kid in high school who was born with medical problems and gets bullied often because of it. He lives on a Spokane Indian Reservation next to the town Rearden, where he later goes to an all white school. Junior tries to stay positive as he is rejected by his people and classmates. When someone is “straddling two worlds” they have to go “back and forth between the fringes of”…

Arnold Spirit Jr, the main character in this novel written by Sherman Alexie, is a fourteen year old Indian boy who lives in a reservation. He is in the centre of the story and he leads the reader through it. He also describes the scheme by expressing his feelings. He looks weird according to his own description. His body is skinny because his family sometimes has no food because they’re poor. When he was born he had too much brain grease, he was hydrocephalic. Junior seems to be handicapped…

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Should Absolutely Not Be Banned Quotes like, "Did you know that Indians are living proof that n*****s fuck buffalo?" (Alexie 64) is one of the reasons some parent may have challenged The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian written by Sherman Alexie. The novel is set in 2006 surrounding the life of a teenage Native American boy, Arnold (also referred to as Junior). He is going to school outside his reservation and faces trouble with the…

Annotated Bibliography Alexie, Sherman. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. New York: Little,Brown and Company, 2007, Print. Sherman Alexie’s novel, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, is about a boy named Junior and how his family suffers from poverty whilst living in a reservation. After having a conversation with his teacher about how leaving the reservation would be best for him, he confronts his parents about switching to a better school off the rez, who decide…

Twenty two percent of Indians in America are poor, this including junior. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie, dealt with very difficult subjects that schools don’t usually address, in which the main character, Junior, suffered. Somehow Junior manages to stay positive through his tough times. In this book, you’ll discover Junior’s journey, as a poor Indian living on the reservation. Living life on the reservation but going to school in Reardon must be very hard for…

what would follow. With Mr. P’s advice, he decides to leave the Spokane reservation and the problems of alcoholism, poverty, and friends. In the story, The Absolute True Diary of a Part- Time Indian, By Sherman Alexie Junior shows empowerment throughout the whole book in his own little ways. First of all, in the story, The Absolute True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie, Junior shows empowerment by making the decision to switch schools. When his teacher tells Junior he needs to…