Analysis Of Sherman Alexie 's ' The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part Time Indian '

The book shows how being different, like Gordy and Junior are, can limit your chances. Junior is bullied just because he is not of the same race as the rest of the people in the school. He is the only Native American in the school. He is different, and this limits his chances. As Junior’s friend Gordy said, weird people still get banished. Junior was shunned by about the entire school when he first got there. The article was very similar, in the making clear that the Indians were determined different, and their chances were being limited because they were on the rez, separated from the rest of society. This relates to Junior because he was considered different by the rest of the school because he lived on the rez. All things considered, the article and the book are very similar, in that they both show that people who are different don’t have as many chances as someone who is considered normal by

At first Junior didn't like himself; he was constantly beaten up, he had a lisp and stuttered so he had no self-confidence. When he made the decision to go to Reardan, a white school, even Rowdy left him. Rowdy thought Junior was betraying their school by going away and transferring so Rowdy didn't talk to Junior anymore. Without his best friend, Junior completely lost hope. He was scared of the white people and did not expect them to welcome him. He was right. Most of the Americans were cold to him and he did not try to raise his status. Many of the white people made fun of him, and when one guy, Roger, said "Did you know that Indians are living proof that niggers f*** buffalo?" (pg. 64) he felt that he had to stop it. So he punched him. Junior was expecting to get punched back, but he didn't. In the Indian Reservation, he

The theme, people often make wrong accusations about people from a specific race, which often leads to self-pity, is introduced at the beginning of the story in many ways. In the beginning of the text, the Indian boy experiences bullying in elementary school. He was being abused and people through things at him, and they also took his glasses. But one day Sherman was brave enough to defend himself from the bully. Alexie illustrates, “ Then it was Friday morning recess and Frenchy Sijohn threw snowballs at me while the rest of the Indian boys tortured another top- yough- yaught- kid, another weakling. But Frenchy was confident enough to torment me all by himself, and most days I would have let him,” suggesting that the bullies are picking on him because he is a weakling and is easy to bring down. The theme is made more specific at this point because they are making wrong accusations about him. They don’t know what he is capable of and what he will grow up to be. Frenchy, the bully, was probably bullied in his life so he wants

During the beginning of the book, Junior’s tenacity and ambition helps him greatly. Within the story, Junior states, “Everybody on the rez calls me a retard about twice a day. They call me a retard when pantsing me or stuffing my head into a toilet…” (4). Being bullied was

This rhetorical analysis will bring you through the "How to Fight Monsters" chapter of Sherman Alexie 's story : An Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian. This book is a semi-autobiography that won the 2007 U.S. National Book Award For Young People 's Literature. This story is about an Indian boy from a poor reservation with an alcoholic father, who wishes for a better life. In order to achieve this better life, Junior decides to move to another school in order to have " hope" for his future. During this transition into his new school Junior is marked as a traiter and looses the one close friend he had on the reservation. At the opening scene of the story Junior is asking his parents "who has the most hope?" In his desperate

“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence”, as said by Helen Keller, who was deaf and blind but continued to live her life to the fullest. Life comes with its pains and sufferings, from deaths in the family to conflicts with close friends. But through hope comes the power to cope and persevere through stressful situations in life. In a positive light, hope can be the driving force to reaching one’s dreams. Sherman Alexie’s book, “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian”, is a story that emphasizes the importance of hope, and how it influences one’s outlook on life and the actions that individuals take. Through the usage of literary elements such as _____ and _____, at its heart, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is a story about hope: the hope of overcoming obstacles, the hope of having a better life, the hope of achieving life goals, the hope of pushing the limits, the hope of proving oneself, and the hope of meeting expectations.

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, written by Sherman Alexie, is a novel about a 14 year old Indian boy, which not too surprisingly is based on his own life. Throughout the book the main character Junior, who is later referred to as Arnold, goes through a series of events that change not only the way others look at him , but how he views himself as well. This book will teach you that it’s never too late to change your life, all you have to have is hope.

Contrary to the belief,the American dream is not for everyone. Consider if an African American, a Hispanic, a Caucasian, an Asian, and a Native American was born. Who do you think as the best chance of achieving the American dream in their life? The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie and Because My Father Always Said He Was The Only Indian Who Saw Jimi Hendrix Play The Star Spangled Banner At Woodstock by Sherman Alexie explore the central idea of how race affects the American Experience. The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part-Time Indian is a novel about a Native American named Junior living on the Spokane indian reservation who decides to go to a predominantly white school in order to get a better education.

Bullying is defined as “verbal, physical, or psychological abuse or teasing accompanied by real or perceived imbalance of power” and is usually targets what children perceive as different (Olweus, 1993). Bullying is prevalent across the nation. It has devastating effects on students each day. Bullying is a problem for all students, regardless of race, gender or class. The National Education Association reports that 160,000 children are absent intentionally from school each day because they fear being bullied whether it is an attack or just intimidation by other students. This accounts for 15% of all school absenteeism (Hunter, 2012). Dan Olweus (1993) from the National School Safety Center tells us that bullying includes three parts: (1)

What if you suddenly had to live and thrive in a completely new environment? It would be frightening and hard for most people. In The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, this is exactly what Arnold Spirit does. As an opportunity for him to leave his poverty behind, he moves to a new and unfamiliar school, placing himself at risk and alienating his former colleagues. Throughout, Arnold experiences many events that could be seen as an initiation. In Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Arnold Spirit chooses to undergo an initiation, and as a result, is changed significantly.

Although Rowdy seems to be one of Junior’s only positive aspects in his life right now, he was not a good influence. As Junior explains earlier in the book, Rowdy “fought everybody” (Alexie, 18). He would fight girls, boys, and even throw punches at the harmless raon. Junior also states that Rowdy was “born mad” (Alexie, 17). While there were times when Junior and Rowdy laughed together and shared their dreams and secrets, his best friend’s temper often endangered Junior (Alexie, 22-23). Unlike his new friend Gordy at Reardan High School who is intelligent, helpful, and full of hope, Rowdy was hindering Junior’s goal towards change and betterment in life. Another way Gordy has been beneficial to Junior is that he opens Junior’s mind to different perspectives and ideas about the world and people around him. It was Gordy who called Junior a “racist asshole like everybody else” (Alexie, 116) when asked how to make a white girl love Junior. Not only has Gordy been a non-violent and respectful friend to Junior, but he has provided him precious education as well. Junior would have never made a positive friend like Gordy in his hometown, Wellpinit. Because he chose to attend Reardan High school, he was blessed with the opportunity to befriend an empowering person like Gordy. Junior also makes other good friends as well, including Roger and Penelope. From saying racist insults

In the US alone, there are more than 10,000 books challenged each year. Sherman Alexie’s novel, the Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, has not only been challenged but successfully banned in many states. In this book, a poor Native American boy named Junior is living with his family on an Indian reservation, hoping for a better future. To achieve this, he must leave the reservation and betray his community. Junior transfers to Reardan High School and gives us personal insight on how Indians are really treated. Nevertheless, the story has been challenged and banned for what people believe to be its sexism, racism, bullying, vulgarness, explicit language, violence, and the use of drugs/ alcohol. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian should not be banned because it exposes young adults to the reality of bullying, racism, and stereotypes in an educational manner.

In the novel “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part time Indian”, author Sherman Alexie shares a compelling story representing racial issues among communities and families in cultural areas today, and a boy’s journey to find who he truly is, while being torn between two cultures. In this novel the main character, young Junior finds himself truly understanding that he is more than just an indian. In order to know more about the plot behind the novel, author Alexie takes the reader into Junior’s perspective to bring the story to life and let the reader understand how racial issues along with family problems make a play into today’s society. The novel shows a countless number of situations Junior encounters that impact his life throughout the novel.

Alexie explains that he has visited many classrooms and received many letters from students who loved the book, explaining that these students have had difficult experiences similar to his own depression, sexual and physical abuse, absent parents, poverty, racism, and learning disabilities. He also explains that he has yet to receive a letter from a child somehow weakened by the domestic violence, drug abuse, racism, poverty, sexuality, and murder contained in his book. To the opposite, kids as young as ten have sent him autobiographical letters written in crayon and markers, completed with drawings inspired by the novel, that are just as dark and terrifying as anything he's ever read, Alexie explains. (The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian;Wiki) This novel has been being banned for almost ten years now and it seems like nobody knows about the literary merit in it. The book is described by the publisher Little, Brown as heartbreaking, funny and beautifully written about the experiences of a young Native American who leaves his troubled school on an Indian reservation in Washington state to attend an all-white high school in a nearby farming community.(Huffington Post) Bruce Barcott explains how recently nominated for a National Book Award, that The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is a gem of a

Many kids all around the world are abused by their parents, peers or even by complete strangers. One of these types of abuse is bullying. At a first glance, we might think that it is an older kid beating/teasing a younger classmate however; bullying consists of much more than this. The basic definition of bullying is when your behavior hurts or harms another person physically or emotionally. There are many different types of bullying, which may lead to a victim becoming violent later on. There is teasing and name calling, there is also picking and shoving the kid. However, the most extreme one would be beating up the child, hurting them physically and mainly, emotionally.