The True Believer

Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. Arnold (Junior), an Indian teenager, was a nobody; He was “a zero on the rez” (16). Little did Junior know that every thing he thought about himself as a zero is about to be proven wrong. In Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Arnold’s transformation ignited within a maze of hope and change is shown through his self-evaluation, interaction with others, and lessons gained from others which eventually reveals Arnold’s true…

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie is about a fourteen year boy named Arnold Spirit who lives on the Spokane Indian Reservation that is drowning in poverty. Arnold lives with his family, surrounded by other poor Native Americans with depression and alcoholism. With his appearance and many health issues, he is often targeted on the reservation. A desire to break away from a place lacking hope and opportunity motives Arnold to transfer to Reardan. After shifting…

from a reservation in Wellpinit, Washington, is renowned for his works of this type. He often writes about the struggles of adolescent Native American boys, specifically their struggle trying to fit in and succeed in the world. In The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian and “The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven,” Alexie creates young Native American male characters with a lack of future prospects in order to criticize the negative social stigma associated with their cultural…

Walking in Multiple Worlds On page 57 of “The Absolutely True Diary of A Part Time Indian, “ by Sherman Alexie, Arnold draws a comic expressing how he feels, “white” and “Indian” depending on where he is and how he acts. Like Arnold, I often feel as if I am part of different “tribes”, or groups, depending on the circumstances I am in. Arnold felt most associated with the groups, “white” and “Indian”. I feel most associated with the tribes “obedient daughter”, “good student” and “rebellious…

Often at times, movies intend to mirror themes presented in a novel of similar context. Sherman Alexie, award-winning author and filmmaker, implements this technique and displays commonalities between his auto-fictional novel, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian and his co-production of Smoke Signals. Both selections incorporate the stereotypical Indian lifestyle and culture such as chronic alcoholism and devastating poverty. However, there are also slight differences between the…

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie is about an Indian, Junior, who lives on the reservation and eventually decides he wants to go to an all-white school. Not only is this already exemplifying diversity, but he also has medical problems and is very poor, unlike the other kids. Throughout this book diversity is show in many ways: the difference in the white school verses the school on the reservation, how the parents raise their kids, and interactions in the…

Friendship comes in many different ways, there are nice, mean, some whom are close and some whom are not close friends. In the book, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie, Arnold who is the main character has one really good friend who is Rowdy. They were friends since they were born. Arnold and Rowdy both live on a reservation where people are going through hard times. Arnold wanted to go to a school that wasn’t on a reservation and Rowdy felt as if Arnold was…

In the book The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian, Junior values love and friendship as the most important aspect in his life, and has to overcome various obstacles to keep everything he values in one scattered piece. First of all, we analyze what friendship actually means to Junior. His best friend is Rowdy. In the reservation, they have no other friends except each other. Rowdy visits Juniors home very often , because his father regularly hits him, which causes Rowdy to have…

In the novel, Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Arnold by Sherman Alexie, Arnold “Junior” Spirit, the protagonist, is a smart indian boy who hopes for a better life. He's a broke indian who lives on a reservation where everyone drinks. Junior goal to get off the reservation started by him moving to a school off the reservation. Some people didn't support his decisions but he does it anyway. Junior is a smart indian who loves books. He also loves to draw, he plays basketball. He is…

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is a novel based on one character’s, Arnold’s, life of adversity. The Glass Castle is another great novel, very similar to ATDPTI, in which the main character, Jean, tells her life story of adventure and hardship. In addition to both books being attention grabbers, the characters that tell the story have very alike life styles. The novel ATDPTI shares many similarities, and characteristics with the novel, The Glass Castle, some of these include…