The Rez Sisters

she has been very supportive and I know I can count on her to guard my back just as I can guard her back.When you let someone in your life they can change everything in your life. Just as in the novel by Sherman Alexie, Junior describes that in the Rez he did not have a lot of people around him because everybody bullied him for being different but he did have someone that was part of his life his friend Rowdy. He says that everything is different with Rowdy they can be together and both of them had

the death of his grandma as well his sister and attempts to relieve the pain with humor. Aside from all of this, Junior does all he can to maintain his relationship with his best friend, Rowdy. Junior succeeds the pain cause from his sister’s death as well as his farther’s abuse towards alcoholism in an attempt maintain a relationship with his family. Junior is forced to accept his family problems in his day to day life. One of the most common problems on his Rez is alcoholism. Junior’s mom stays

Speaking out about anything you’ve struggled with is not easy. There’s the risk of judgment, the fear you’ll be misunderstood, or that people just won’t care. Being vulnerable is hard, but often, openness, honesty and self-disclosure can lead to strength and empowerment – not only your own, but others’ as well. That is the lesson I learned from my cousin sharing her story of recovery from an eating disorder. At 17 years old, she had recovered physically from her battle with anorexia. She had restored

His parents, sister, friends and neighbors have given up changing the environment they live in. Most of them think themselves as Indians, reservation is becoming the cage for Aboriginal people. They live inside the cage and they are going to be forgot and isolated. Consequently

some critics would call a double life. From going to school at Reardan and living and sleeping on the Rez, he puts himself in a state of liminality. No one on the Rez has ever done what Arnold Junior has done before, therefore Junior has guidance to know how to handle how he is feeling, or expect how to be treated when he enters this journey of finding hope. When Junior first decides to leave the Rez to find hope he does not fully realize the full repercussions that it will cause not only him, but the

best friend, and his sister. Despite poverty and his many losses, Junior’s most significant challenge was not fitting in. Wherever he was, Junior never fit in. On the rez, he was the kid with hydrocephalus and got bullied (by children and adults) who made fun of his medical condition. Once he changed to Rearden, it was no better. Roger “the giant” and his group of friends bullied Junior by calling him names like “Chief” and

Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, To Kill a Mockingbird, the Holocaust Unit, and The Merchant of Venice. The first book I am going to talk about is The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. In this book Junior decides to leave the Rez school and go to Reardan which is a white school. Doing this took a lot of courage. Not many people supported him when he decided to leave. He

Inspiring people on this rez. Junior fought against injustice by never giving up. Being born as a Native American did not get him a lot of opportunities that other white people had like having a good health insurance due to the poverty on the reservation. In addition to that, he was born with “too much cerebral spinal fluid”(Alexie 01) causing him to have seizures as a kid and basically adding to his already damaged brain. This made him a constant target for bullying on the rez. He was called retard

In pages 54 to 129. Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian By Sherman Alexie discusses his change in life wonderful experience moving from REZ (reservation) school to Reardon. On Junior first day of school in Reardon, he met a beautiful girl Penelope and who he really liked. When he was new at the school, he gets insulted by student whose name was Roger. Arnold gets irritated with the bullying so he punched Roger on his nose and walk off. That night grandmother gave him wise advice

character goes through a different kind of hardship, which takes courage to make it through their struggles. In the book “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian”, Junior is a little boy who lives on the reservation with his parents and older sister. Junior gets picked on alot but his friend Rowdy, beats on the kids