The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part Time Indian Analysis

As Diary of a Part Time Indian progresses and Junior enrolls in Reardan, he continues to belief that he does not deserve hope, unlike the kids at Reardan, but not necessarily because of his race anymore. Resulting from his choice to leave the reservation, Junior struggles to fit in at Reardan, but not leave his identity behind, since for him living on the reservation is entwined with being poor.

Mentors are people who provide support, strength, and inspiration. Many people have a mentor in their life that they aspire to be like, and seek out for guidance. Mentors play a big role in many lives, including Junior's from The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie. Some of the biggest mentors for Junior are his parents, his Wellpinit teacher Mr. P and his Rearden basketball coach. If it weren't for these mentors inspiration and support, Junior wouldn't have taken some of the risks he does.

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

In Sherman Alexie’s novel, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Alexie shows trauma in a realistic and believable way. He has characters experience traumatic events that stay with them and affect them for a long time, and change said characters in a significant way. He also shows characters who share a common trauma, but react differently - to the point where some characters experience trauma from a situation while others do not. He makes it clear that trauma is significantly different for his characters and that their experiences are not the same. Through these means, Alexie expresses how trauma stays with people, but it is still different for everyone and that it can

In Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (2007) a teenage boy named Junior, explains his struggle of breaking the cycle of his indigenous people and moving between an Indian American reservation (the ‘rez’) and a mainstream school in a town called Reardon. The protagonist explains, through first-person accounts, his life on the reservation and his experiences as he attempts to break the cycle of alcoholism and poverty that is imposed on him merely because he is an Indigenous American. One theme that remains constant throughout the novel is that of lack of hope that the Indians have for their futures, they see no need for dreams or hopes as, for them, there is no way that they can achieve any more than any of their ancestors. Another theme that is present through Part-Time Indian is poverty and the cycle of negative events that lead to it continuing. This leads to the Indigenous Americans having no hope. An extremely broad theme that is present in this novel is identity. Junior explains very simply how being Native American leads to his peoples’ inevitable poverty. There are many aspects in Part-Time Indian where some actions and habits are considered normal.

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie chronicles the story of Arnold Spirit Jr., better known as Junior. He goes on a journey to find the right place for himself while staying true to who he is, amongst many challenges. He leaves his school on his reservation and goes to an all-white school - Reardon. This decision changes his entire life. He is increasingly ostracized from his tribe, even though he still lives with them, His best friend is hurt and has become his enemy. And he faces horrible racism at Reardon. Several passages throughout the story show his inner conflicts and the things he’s learned along the way.

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.

‘Racisum is a man’s greatest threat to man- the maximum of hatred of a minimum of reason.”- Abraham J. Hesche In the book The Absolute True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Sherman Alexie exposes how racisum impacts people physicaly, mentaly, and scocialy as was shown in the scene where a rasist joke impacts Arnold, when Penelope’s father is threatning, and when Arnold relizes he isnt going to be a full time Indian.

Sherman Alexie, the author of The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, wrote about a kid who had a lot of internal problems. Arnold, also known as Junior, is very troubled and needs out of his terrible reservation in Washington. A question that Alexie raises is a question of self Perseverance and how Junior could overcome violence in order to follow his dreams. Is it worth leaving everything behind to pursue your dreams? Is Self Perseverance the key to your own success?

He gives words to Arnold's feelings and helps and encourages him to express himself. There is no substitute for a good friend and it is right after Arnold bonds with Gordy that things start to improve for him at school. He makes friends with Penelope and Rodger and becomes a significant presence on his basketball team. In contrast to Arnold’s ex-friend Rowdy, Gordy is extremely factual and to the point. This is what Arnold needs at that time to help him figure out where he fits in the world. As Gordy says, you have to take every moment of life seriously, but not too seriously. Gordy gives him an open person to talk to but also the tough love when necessary. Friendships have a strong affect on people just as Gordy has a strong, positive effect on Arnold’s life. Sometimes a friend can be the most meaningful thing in the whole world. At least, that’s how it worked out for part-time Indian, Arnold

In the novel The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie the thesis that would serve as the most fitting one is that no matter what and no matter how anyone looks, no one is perfect, going passed all the masks and the disguises everyone wears everyone has a flaw. We just assume that people are perfect because of how we see them at the moment. We never stop to think that their parents but be alcoholic/druggies/abusive. Or that they commit self-harm to themselves. Junior is coming out of the bathroom when he sounds a strange noise that’s coming out of the girls’ restroom and realizes that this person is vomiting. He waits to see who it was and finds out that it’s “the lovely Penelope, and she’s chomping hard on cinnamon

In The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, the reader will find through the story Junior learns time after time again that letting people in can benefit you. When Junior is hiding the fact that he is poor, and then tells Roger and Penelope that he is poor, they were there for him and didn’t make fun of him. Junior says, “Roger, being a kind heart and generous pocket…drove me home that night....He drove me home plenty of other nights, too.” (Alexie, 129) This example shows us how Junior realizes that being poor doesn’t make people treat you different or badly. Junior’s secret is out, he’s poor, and Penelope and Roger know it but they were fine with it. Roger even gave him a ride home. He realizes that after letting them in on this hidden

In 2008, Harvard researchers found that stronger friendships promote brain health as people grew older (“What Are Friends For?”). The life experiences people go through is not as important as their friendships and the effects their friendships have on them. Throughout The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, the main character is influenced by many of his friends, and in the end, the impact that the friendships had on him were much greater than his challenging life experiences. This is also the same as his influence on some of the same characters that influenced him. The effect that Arnold, Penelope, and Rowdy have on each other as well as others are more significant than their life experiences.

Throughout the “Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” book by Sherman Alexie, there were struggles of what it means to be an Indian. It gives us a comparison and contrast of Junior being white or Indian. What it means to be Indian is that throughout the book, was when Junior transferred to Reardan, he started seeing himself as having two different selves: his past (like how he described in a drawing of himself) as Junior from the outcast from the reservation and his future as Arnold from the white high school at Reardan. At the end of the book, Junior finally found who he is and decided that he is still part of the Indian rez, that he is just in more than one tribe. In the beginning, when Junior decided to leave his reservation, many

Sherman Alexie book “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part – Time Indian” is a comical yet heartbreaking true story of an Indian teenage boy living on the reservation trying to figure out his own identity. Throughout the book the reader can see the identity struggles that the main character Arnold Spirit Jr (Junior) faces. Being on the reservation is both a home and a place Junior is ready to leave. Through Juniors illustrations and……