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Sherman Alexie was a Indian boy with a passion to learn how to read. Despite the fact that Indians were known to not be educated, he was one of the few that learned. He started learning to read at a very young age. He would read his dad’s books and everything else he could get his hands on. The first book he read was a Superman comic book. That comic book left a big impact on the rest of Alexie’s life. “I refused to fail. I was smart. I was arrogant. I was lucky,” Alexie says in his story. Alexie

Kayum Chowdhury AP Language Period:3 Atkinson 12 May 2018 Where We Are Shapes Who We Are Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian explores several complex and difficult topics through the viewpoint of Arthur, a Spokane fourteen year-old Native American living on the Spokane Indian Reservation. Arthur encounters countless problems when he decides to leave his school on the reservation and go to an all-white school in Reardon. Poverty, alcoholism, and the consequences of choosing

Friendships are very important. In our book titled: “The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part Time Indian” Arnold makes a lot of friends like Rowdy, Penelope, and Roger all help him in different ways. Penelope makes him feel like someone cares about him, Roger makes him feel happy, and Rowdy hurts people who will hurt Arnold. All his friend have an effect on Arnold’s physical and mental state for better or for worse. Firstly, we have Rowdy, Rowdy is a very violent person. This may sound bad, but he uses

Essay Two: Literary Argument/Analysis Having the courage to break away from a stereotype shows strength and determination that not all people have. In Sherman Alexie’s “Superman and Me” and Alma Lus Villanueva’s “Crazy Courage”, we hear two different tales of the courage it took to breakaway from societies stereotypes with individual power. A little boy who learns to read because he loves his father and he also loves to read and another man who stands up for himself by revealing his true nature

In Jacqueline L. McGrath’s article, she mainly evaluates Sherman Alexie's attempt to negotiate the traditions and innovations that are seemingly incompatible in her fiction, The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven. More specifically, McGrath challenges the notion that Sherman Alexie's fiction can be considered as a folklore. She argues that the work is not folklore, as it is widely considered among other folklorists;instead, the fiction is a body of work that is much more complicated, which

Sherman Alexie lived on an Indian reservation as a child, experiencing the oppression of Native American’s, and shares the results that this oppression has had on his people. The publication of “Superman and Me” at the turn of the 21st century, is meant to encourage people, specifically Native Americans, to strive to obtain their goals despite their circumstances. Alexie uses first hand experiences all throughout his article to depict the reality of American Indian’s lives. By appealing to

In the Novel, "The Absolutely True Diary of A Part Time Indian", we follow our main character Junior, or as he is also called, Arnold Spirit. In the beginning of the novel I predicted that the meaning of the title was that he was living in two worlds, one on the Indian reservations and the other in a primarily white washed public school. Throughout the book, we have seen all of his reservation companions calling him by his name, Junior. "Junior," he said. "Carry Oscar outside." (Page 8). As we all

Have you ever lost someone or something like a privilege; become hurt or angry and refused to let anyone help you? Well, you may want to think that over. Junior and Teo From The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian and from The Lightning Queen have both suffered losses. Junior, is an indian living on a reservation. Education from him was not great, and he let one of the teachers know it when he got a textbook with his mother’s name in it. In maybe not the calmest manner, he throws the book

In the novel The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (2007) Sherman Alexie tells about the hopeful Arnold “Junior” Spirit, a Native American teenager in his first year of high school. This is a novel about hope, and how hard it can be when hope leaves,and how we can use it to persevere in the face of adversity. Arnold Spirit Jr. is a stuttering cartoon artist with hydrocephalus living on the poverty-stricken Spokane Indian reservation. He is constantly bullied and beaten up by everyone and

Most people had given up because they thought that they weren't worth anything.Also, indian people were seen as if they couldn't do or accomplish anything .Junior becomes a survivor because he actually tries to be different and believes in himself.He is different from the rest because he never gives up,no matter what. Junior is a survivor because he tries,and tries.Even when it's hard for him, he has someone helping him or supporting.You will think that he wouldn't accomplish anything but he still