Review Of The Book 'The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part-Time Indian'

Adolescents experience a multitude of physical, cognitive, emotional, and social, and mental changes during a short span of years in their developmental journey to adulthood, and this transition period is full of many developmental changes and milestones. Some typical changes and milestones in an adolescent’s life include puberty, learning to drive, dating, developing new social relationships and social roles, cognitive changes, becoming sexually active, obtaining employment, and graduating high school. In addition to all of these changes in this tumultuous time of life, adolescents are identifying, developing, and coming to terms with their own sense of self, and learning about their identity becomes a priority. Teens and young adults must also address certain challenges that may arise in their lives such as bullying, drug and alcohol use, violence, sexual abuse, eating disorders, depression or other mood/mental health issues, and issues concerning sexuality, and gender identity. Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is an engaging story that deals with many of the challenges that all adolescents face, and this novel also addresses challenges that are unique to those teens who may be grappling with issues that face minority cultures and communities as well.

The book The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian should be taught at Douglas High School because it is a relatable book for the students because the main character has the struggles of teenagers, attempting to find what they want to do for jobs when they get older, bullying, and having no money at certain times. The students who are Native American can relate to the book on a different level than those who are not. The book has some profanity and sexual references but any student in high school who has watched R rated movies should be used to those items. The book will also teach readers to have hope even when everything in life is going against you, when Junior had 2 of his family members who were really close to him die, he still

In The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Junior faces challenges with himself on the reservation and at Reardan. Throughout the novel many themes are underlined by the problems faced by both Junior and Arnold. Themes including racism, identity, hopes, and dreams etc.

The novel, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie, fits some of the most important criteria that makes a good book. The three criteria that makes a good book is a hook that draws you in, a good conflict, and a relatable topic for the reader. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian has an excellent hook that wants you to read on. The first sentence in the novel is, “I was born with water on the brain” (p.1). From here on, this hook makes you want to find out who this person is and why he or she was born with water on their brain. This was an interesting hook because it’s not normal to be born with “water on your brain,” which made me want to read to find out why. The second criteria that makes a good book is a good conflict. In this novel, there are many conflicts, but the biggest one was when Junior leaves his school on his Indian Reservation for a school that is in a mostly white town. Junior was telling his friend Rowdy, that he was transferring schools, “Man, I was scared of those Reardan kids, but Rowdy absolutely hated all of it” (p.51). Transferring schools was such a big conflict because he decided to leave his only friend Rowdy, from his Indian reservation, leaving his friend Rowdy to hate him. Reardan was mostly an all white school, so Junior felt he was going to be out of place. The final criteria is being able to relate to the book in some way. There are many topics that the reader can relate to from this book, but one that

There are many notable moments in Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. The Indian cultural faces many obstacles and are constantly discriminated against because of who they are. The Indian culture is looked at as poor and because of this are not given the same opportunities as others who are white. In one of the most notable moments of this novel Arnold reflects on this idea that Indians are just poor. This moment gives insight to the reader of how people in society look at those who are not the same as them.

“I was born with water on the brain” (Alexie 1), Sherman Alexie starts his novel, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. His first sentence explains it all; the main character of his book, Arnold Spirit Junior, is not an ordinary boy. Junior was born with a rare condition called Hydrocephalus; it made him prone to seizures, brain damages and to get picked on and bullied. However, the same impairment makes him a fighter. He fights off his brain surgery, seizures and the bullies. He fights for hope and to survive. Not just his disability, Junior was also different because of his skin color and his poverty-stricken family. Nevertheless, the differences motivates him to strive for more. If he was not any different from the other

“We are driven by five genetic needs: survival, love and belonging, power, freedom, and fun.” William Glasser developed the choice theory. The choice theory states that we can choose most of our behaviors. In the book The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian, Junior possesses some but not all of Glasser’s human needs. The human needs he possesses (belonging, love, fun, and surviving) shaped his personality and was important to the progression of the story.

There are several people in the world who live in poverty. Poverty hits children the hardest. Little more than a decade ago, the Armenians had faced the hard facts of poverty after break up with Former Soviet Union. My family moved into our motherland Armenia, meanwhile our nation was going through huge dramatic changes after the great earthquake and war with Azerbaijan. Furthermore the poor economy and inflation destroyed numerous people hopes and future. In the novel, “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian”, by Sherman Alexie, Arnold Spirit is also known as Junior describes his life challenges of poverty living on Spokane reservation. Like Arnold, as I begin to compare him going through hardship and finding out true place in the world, I often find similarities in living in poverty with large effect of hunger and education.

Should parents consider not showing the real world to their children? How are children going to know what real life consists of their parents are holding them back to be prepared for the real world. In the novel “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” by Sherman Alexie he talks about a poor Indian boy with special effects who overcomes the most difficult obstacles if his life. The novel should be a teaching tool for children not only the kids with difficult lives but also to the wealthy kids. In the article “why the Best kids Book Are written in Blood” by Sherman Alexie it says “ and had been inspired by my autobiographical story of a port reservation Indian boy and his desperate and humorous attempts to find a better life.”

“The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” by Sherman Alexie, is one of his many works based on his life at the Spokane Indian Reservation and life there is not as pleasant as the white man would lead you to believe. The ground is littered with the remains of drug abuse and the smell of alcohol fill the atmosphere. The depressing poverty darkens the sky, nearly eradicating all hope within the reservation. And in any society, when you’re not like everyone else you are picked on no matter what. Alexie wished to escape, to no longer exist as just some Native American, but to find his own identity, to become somebody.

In The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Arnold goes through so much in his life on the reservation. Arnold lives in poverty with his dad, mom, grandmother, and sister. He switches to an all white school to have a better future. Some of his family and friends pass away, including his sister, grandmother, and Eugene. He also has friend troubles with Rowdy, his best friend after his dog dies. Arnold discovers his identity by overcoming poverty, addiction, and loss.

In Sherman Alexie’s novel, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, the author examines the importance of family and community. Alexie succeeds in shattering the stereotype of Native Americans as a broken community by emphasizing key events that show that they are still a close-knit society, despite the impact of poverty and alcohol.

“ The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian ” By Sherman Alexie is a comical, but very true story wrote about the life of a teenage Native American. The main character, known as Arnold, was born into a complicated life. As a young child, he was born with fluid surrounding his brain which caused him to have surgeries at a very young age that later followed with terrible results. Like many other cultures with unique lifestyles, he struggles with many problems. Looking different, talking different, and just the fact that he is Native American are just some of the things he always gets picked on for. But it always seems to come down to where living poor, and having parents that are alcoholics become his main struggle. I chose this novel because it was written about a Native American in a teens perspective, so it is easier

Many times in life, difficult decisions have to be made regarding one’s future. It is difficult for people to find a balance between pursuing their dreams and remaining true to themselves and those they care about. This struggle is commonly evident when one is caught between two cultures. These cultures often include a level of loyalty that is hard to break, but is necessary in the pursuit of dreams and potential. My mom felt this struggle in her life between her mexican heritage and her decision to move to America. She struggled with deciding to leave her home and those she loved, however when she did she found a greater sense of self and new opportunities. To this day she feels loyalty to her mexican heritage and remains a citizen of Mexico to demonstrate her patriotism. She found a greater identity between the two cultures.

In the novel “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian” the main character, Junior never really describes his parents, even though they play an important role in the novel. His parents are often involved in most scenes throughout the story and yet they have a considerable lack of description compared to other characters. Junior’s parents aren’t described as much as they are portrayed through pictures. The majority of the character building for his parents are conversations that they have with him and how they talk to each other.