Part Time Indian Analysis

Junior Spirit, from the book “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian” by Sherman Alexie, and Randy Pausch from the book “The Last Lecture” by Randy Pausch both face many challenges. In “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian”, Junior Spirit faces many challenges, that include poverty, being bullied and not fitting in, and losing people who were important to him. In “The Last Lecture”, Randy Pausch faces challenges such as trying to write a last lecture that would mean something to his children, and trying to spend as much time with his family as possible. Junior learns to be confident in himself and Randy learns to not be so arrogant. Though they had different problems, and dealt with

Money is said to be the source of all power in the world, but what can be said for the impoverished? In the case of Sherman Alexie's novel, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, we follow the story of Junior, a Native American highschooler struggling to find his place in a world of discrimination and poverty. After some close and careful speculation, it can be decided that the most important theme of this novel is how racism and poverty can cause a number of issues for people in the world because the events in the novel display real life issues people face in the world today.

The novel The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is about a Spokane Native American boy named Arnold, or Junior as he is referred to on the reservation, and his life living on and off the Spokane reservation. Arnold had severe health problems as a young child, leading to him being bullied and transferring to a more prestigious school. These two events, and more, led to Arnold facing some extreme adversity. With the help and support of his best friend Rowdy, his girlfriend Penelope, his classmate Gordy, and his teammate Roger, Arnold overcame the adversity he faced through the help of friendship. In the book, Arnold’s first and best friend is Rowdy.

They say that home is where the heart is, but they are wrong. Home is where you are accepted amongst your peers, it is where you have people who love and support you. In The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, Junior, a young native teenager, faces the dilemma of belonging in Reardan, a white town that he transferred schools to, or Wellpinit, the Indian Reservation where he was born and raised. In Reardan, he has many more friends than he ever had in the 14 years he lived in Wellpinit, and he does not get beat-up or called names. Furthermore, in Reardan, he has a huge outpouring of support from all the people who live there and watch his basketball games.

Facing challenges is a part of life; there will be challenges easier than others and ones that many would rather run away from In the novel, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part- Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, a young Indian boy named Junior moves to a new school after he thought about his life on the rez. He is faced with challenges throughout the school year and makes new allies. The main character, Junior, is then able to overcome challenges such as being born from the Rez, racism, and low expectations of his future.

Survival is a very important part of any life and survival is a culmination of all the driving forces behind our success. The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part Time Indian explores this concept closely. This exposition will be arguing that survival is in fact a large part of The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian and shows that through many different facets, it will also be showing some examples of this and defining further how this correlates to this concept.

Growing up isn't just a struggle but the most important time in life where people form their opinions. This novel was very relatable because of the similar experiences. The novel The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian author Sherman Alexie expresses the idea that growing up is a journey and life is meeting new people. This becomes clear when finishing the book, because Arnold met new people that made an influence on him.

Essay Alcohol abuse is when someone miuses alcohol and they have no contral. Alcohol abuse is important problem because it ruins family relationship. Also it can make the victim of drinking very depressed. In Sherman Alexie's "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian"it is about a boy named junior and he is an Spokone Indian.

In The Absolute True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (2007), Sherman Alexie offers his autobiographical depiction of reservation through the lens of metaphor to reveal the small segment of his life in a creative way. The genre of the book is creative nonfiction and consciously written for the young-adult readers to spread awareness about the social problem in the community of the Native Americans. The title of the book represents the dual identity in the life of main character because he was travelling in-between the borderlines of Native American and white culture. Alexie presents the character of Junior as a self -reflective image of his survival and the endurance of his own past. Likewise, the title of the book also fulfills the purpose of the overall themes in the novel.

Junior may have lost some people from his life but he gained much more. Missing school for over fifteen days, Junior returned to school after Eugene’s death. When his teacher mocked him in class he did not stand up for himself because he was joyless and broken. Instead, it was his friends who had defended him. Gordy who defended him first “stood with his textbook and dropped it”(175). After Gordy’s act, all of their classmates began to feel inspired by Gordy’s courage that they all dropped their textbooks and walked out too. Junior had friends outside of the reservation who are there for him even if he was different. He felt joy and hope again with the help of his friends. When his sister passed away, he decided to go to school because everyone

: Oh brother indeed. While in the 2011 article by Richard Shone entitled, ”Oh brother!,” Shone argues, while the information the book presents isn’t necessarily new, the different ways in which the authors approach the subject makes for an interesting read. Yet, Shone often contradicts his own claims, his diction often invalidates what he said previously, he establishes credibility for the authors then destroys it by pointing out their biases which results in an inconsistent, disorganized and chaotic article. He fails to adequately address his arguments claim and his purpose of the review of the book, for a book review serves to either praise and persuade others to read it or decry it and critique it for its flaws. The author seemingly does

A Tribe of Friends People have all kinds of different friends in their lives that can help them in all sorts of ways. In the book, Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian written by Sherman Alexie, Arnold is a disabled indian boy who lives on a reservation but transfers to a white school to get a better education. Although Arnold has many problems in his life, his diverse group of friends, “a Tribe”, that help him overcome these obstacles. Arnold has a very trustworthy friend; Rowdy, his best friend, who lives on the reservation. Arnold describes Rowdy as, “my best human friend and he cares about me, so he would always tell me the truth.”

A guilty conscience allows the mind to think irrational thoughts. Sometimes guilt can be so hard on a person that the mind begins to imagine things that refer that person back to what they are feeling guilty from. In William Shakespeare’s, Macbeth, blood, whether imaginary or real, is a common occurrence as the play progresses. The imagery of blood is mostly referenced to when it is imagined on an object such as hands, dagger, or the floor. Guilt can be demonstrated differently on each person. For Macbeth, he imagines blood before he even commits a crime that would lead him to feel remorse, whereas his wife, Lady Macbeth feels the guilt long after crimes have been committed. Both imagine blood, but it is important to examine how each one deals

In The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Junior shows a ton of courage. His massive amounts of courage show when he choses to go to school off the reservation. Another time is when he has to play basketball against the school he went to on the reservation and his best friend, Rowdy, who was pretty mad at him for going to the “white” school. “I immediately stole a pass and drove for a layup. Rowdy was right behind me. I jumped into the air, heard the curses of two hundred Spokanes, and then saw only a bright light as Rowdy smashed his elbow into my head and knocked me unconscious.” (Alexie 146). This quote showed that even with his

At first, I thought the Book of Eli is just another ferocious film featuring what life would have been after the judgement day. But beyond the blood-sputtered scenes and vulgar language, viewers will appreciate the simplicity of the story and the complexity and profoundness of its nature and form. The film features a compelling story based on the Christian bible which for me exceeded majority of some motion pictures released in the past years.