The Turner Diaries

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    Arnold Spirit Quotes

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    cope with these hardships in a novel by Sherman Alexie. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is a novel about Arnold Spirit, the main character that lives on the Wellpinit Reservation with his family. Arnold struggles with finding his identity through tough times in his life and transferring to a new school, Reardan High School, that is located just off of the Wellpinit Reservation. In The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Sherman Alexie explores that even if people have…

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    Role of Basketball in Part-time Indian The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, written by Sherman Alexie, is about a young Indian boy, Junior, and his struggle to find his place in the reservation and the white community. Basketball is an essential theme in the story that connects both of Junior’s worlds. Though basketball, Junior gains confidence and perseverance, insight into different ideas and worlds, and realization that status doesn’t determine your future. Junior learns…

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    Part-Time Indian

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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…

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    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…

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    stickers, he was also seen selling Turner Diaries (Etter, 2007, pp. 61-62). Furthermore, he was not only making profit for himself, he was trying to get people to join his cause in the fight against the government (Etter, 2008, pp. 60-61). Etter (2008) has stated from the general basis in Turner Diaries, “a race war is ignited by the bombing of a federal building using a truck bomb made with ammonium nitrates and diesel fuel” (pp. 65). Thus, the Turner Diaries was being highly recommended by…

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    Scholarly Source Evaluation “The Literary Offenses of a Neo Nazi: Narrative Voice in The Turner Diaries" by Dr. Jonathan Cullick is an academic analysis of a book ostensibly focusing on certain elements of its composition which contribute significantly to its weakness as a narrative of literary fiction. The thesis statement is, “As a work of fiction, it [The Turner Diaries] is an inept attempt, because substantial and persistent technical deficiencies undermine the novel” (Cullick n.p.)…

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    of a mysterious man who lived during a defining moment in American history. The author starts by giving a comprehensive biography of Turner and makes a real effort to show what can lead a man to commit the controversial actions he did. Of interest is that Turner believed that he was ordained by God to free slaves from bondage through a violent uprising. Thus Turner invoked select passages of the Bible to justify the killing of women, men and children (Oates, 14). Specifically, in 1831, the…

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    Faith Gary’s diary and as someone in China (Lane 53). The treatment methods would have differed based on cultural influences, and the overall diagnosis would not have been the same; a Chinese physician could have concluded that someone such as Frances was being affected…

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    I highly recommend reading the children's novella Diary of a Snoopy Cat by R.F. Kristi. From the moment I was introduced to the main character, a feline cleverly named Inca, I was immediately drawn into the storyline with wonderful descriptive language and likable characters. I enjoyed the way the author used the diary style of prose with an entry, followed smartly by details that expanded the situation and supported the scene drawing the reader further into Inca's adventures in solving…

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    During the rebellion, Turner and six other men went from plantation to plantation, killing slave owners and even families (Aptheker, 298). As Turner and his original six companions traveled from property to property, many slaves joined them in their stealth insurrection. Twenty-four hours after they started their revenge voyage, the slaves were being chased down by white military enforcements. But as the military men chased after Nat Turner and his men, the white military men killed…

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