Part-Time Indian Themes

When achieving things in life, you will need to have hope. In the novel, “Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian” author Sherman Alexie demonstrates the theme of hope. Sherman Alexie demonstrates the theme of hope through the characters; Mr. P, Junior and Penelope. Through these characters and plot events, it is clear that if you have hope and follow your dreams, you will succeed.

Crazy story, but I was born one month early. Yah, you heard that right. One month. That’s one thing people might not know about me, but there are also some other things that are factors in my life story:

In ''The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian'', Arnold spirit, who is an Indian boy, lives on a Spokane Indian Reservation with alchoholic parents. Adding to that, he is a hydrocephalic, which has affected his speaking ability and he had to deal with being bullied and getting picked on in school. However, he wants to overcome these challenges and move on in life to something better, because he is dissatisfied with the situation he is in. Later in the story, he decides to go to a white school where he begins feeling like a part-time indian.

Yes the body can handle many of things but grief is a hard one to do. Suffering from what happen is not the answer to any situation like this. What you should do it get up and not feel so bad about what happen. Yes, all this may affect other people’s lives but you need to think about yourself and what you could do for yourself and get over this. Take time to cool down and relax it is not the end of the

Symbolism helps bring meaning and emotion into a story. Symbolism is also used to bring about a deeper understanding of the underlying themes in a story. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is riddled with symbols throughout the novel. Brilliantly, Sherman Alexie uses symbols all through this novel as a way of conveying abstract themes such as identity crisis, poverty, and mortality. These symbols are an important part of the novel because they are able to give a deeper meaning to the plot and the action of the story beyond what is actually depicted. The novel follows Arnold, a Native American teenager as he risks leaving the native reserve so he can go to high school in a neighboring town. Arnold faces discrimination, bullying, and the loss of his home by taking this step towards a better future.

Greif being the nasty creature it is can be and is different for each person. It can be so overwhelming that one thinks they will never get over this tragic and senseless loss. They have this sense that they have tom hold all this loss and senseless together and be strong, well guess what , it’s ok to lose it and let go, just remember you have to come back form where you stopped and sot it and move forward for your own self and this around you. Crying is also good a and healing of sorts, everybody needs to do that and do it when they feel ready to do it.

Grief is a powerful thing. It can consume someone and spit them back out without a second thought. A person can be absolutely devoured by this unsavory beast, and once you’ve encountered it, no matter how much time has passed, you never truly escape the beast. And said beast can make you become a totally different person entirely. The song “Again” by Crusher-P and the short story “All Summer in a Day” by Ray Bradbury both touch on the power of grief and what it does to the person and the people around them.

My topic for this ISP will be about how Sherman Alexie used symbolism and environment to create and affect Arnold’s identity in the novel.

The success in your life depends on various things, such as your characteristics. In the novel, “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian”, Junior reveals his characteristics as the story goes on. There are numerous personal characteristics of Junior that led him into success at Reardan. The three most important personal characteristics that led Junior into success at Reardan were his confidence, his bravery, and the resilient of him.

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is an interesting story that has been banned in many states in the United States, including Idaho, in light of sheltering students from some rather taboo topics. This coming-of-age novel, which follows the life of an indigenous teenager, was banned due to its excerpts on masturbation, its vulgarity, racism, and anti-Christian content. Some sources have even made bold claims that the book encourages pornography. However, considering that there are no Indians at our school to interact with, students have no way of learning about Indians other than books such as Alexie’s. As a result, Sherman Alexie’s partly autobiographical book The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, which is based off

A trauma from a childhood experience will definitely affects a child as they mature into adulthood. Prime examples of this argument could be superheroes. Spider-Man was affected as a child because he lost both of his parents at young age. When Peter Parker was in high school, his Uncle Ben, who was the closest father figure he had, was murdered. While conducting further research, I discovered that while Peter Parker was talking to a young boy who had been molested by an older man, Spider-Man revealed that the same thing happened to him.

Grief is the act following the loss of a loved one. While grief and bereavement are normal occurrences, the grief process is a social construct of how someone should behave. The acceptable ways that people grieve change because of this construct. For a time it was not acceptable to grieve; today, however, it is seen as a necessary way to move on from death (Scheid, 2011).The grief process has been described as a multistage event, with each stage lasting for a suggested amount of time to be considered “normal” and reach resolution. The beginning stage of grief is the immediate shock, disbelief, and denial lasting from hours to weeks (Wambach, 1985). The middle stage is the acute mourning phase that can include somatic and emotional turmoil. This stage includes acknowledging the event and processing it on various levels, both mentally and physically. The final stage is a period of

In the book The Absolutely True Diary of a Part- Time Indian, the theme is that true friends will not completely abandon each other no matter the difficulties and success they go through, as shown by Arnold and Rowdy. For instance, when Arnold is explaining his relationship with Rowdy, he says, “He knew that I was afraid of getting beat up. And he also knew that he’d probably have to fight for me”(Alexie 17). In this example, Rowdy is not abandoning Junior even though Rowdy has the upper hand in fights and need to watch over Junior. Rowdy cares for Arnold and will always stick up for him no matter what. Furthermore, after Arnold and Rowdy were reunited from attending

When this happens our minds will reel, searching for some type of coping method to a problem you may not have encountered before. In situations like this our subconscious leans toward the irrational, with ideas like, "Well we have to do something new and extreme, since because the normal methods worked I wouldn't be stressed anymore." We need to be watchful of this, as it can lead us to self-destructive habits such as substance abuse, or worse lead to suicidal thoughts. The "Summer Solstice" gave a good example of what a person is willing to do when they aren't in their right mind when it said," he went up the iron stairs through the roof of the building and over the soft, tarry surface to the edge, put one leg over the complex green tin cornice and said if they came a step closer that was it." (2-5) This is a prime example of an altered mindset that could eventually lead to thoughts of suicide. Part of dealing with such grief is understanding how we process it. The other part is building up our endurance to the pain our stress brings us. While it may seem unbearable, and it may never completely heal, you can learn new methods to cope with

In our “Moonlight Shadow” discussion, Yoshimoto taught me that everyone has his or her own way of grieving. For example, we talked about how Hiiragi