The Absolutely True Diary Of Part Time Indian Analysis
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
“It was the opposite of me. I didn’t deserve to be there. I knew it; all of those kids knew it. Indians don’t deserve shit” (Alexie 56).
In the book The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Junior (Arnold Spirit) decides he needs to make a few changes in his life. During this journey he faces many challenges, self deprication, isolation, and loss. Junior continues to make friends along the way, and he starts finding himself.
There are many themes present in the book, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. One particular theme that is present throughout the story is feeling isolated doesn’t just mean being alone.
Everything Junior says in the book has meaning. He explains his feelings in detail, and really wants to get his point of feeling isolated out. …show more content…
“Everybody, all of the students and the teacher stopped to stare at me.
They stared hard. Like I was bad weather” (Alexie 58 59).
Right when Junior got to Reardan everyone stared at him, and seperated him from the others. One would choose this because what the other kids did, helped Junior gain confidence, and slowly make friends.
“So, no I wasn’t a zombie not at all. Because you can’t ignore a zombie. So that made me, well it made me nothing. Zero. Zilch. Nada” (Alexie 82).
Junior said he couldn’t be a zombie, because one can’t ignore a zombie. One can ignore Junior.
“After I decided to go to Reardan I felt like an invisible mountain gorilla scientist” (Alexie 157).
Even though many people surrounded him, Junior still felt alone and isolated.
For the most part Junior’s going through a lot of self doubt, and he’s needing one to open up
to.
Generally speaking, not everyone goes through feeling isolated like Junior, but it is important one knows how to help one who is going through it. There are many themes in the book The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. One in particular theme that is present throughout the story is feeling isolated doesn’t just mean being alone.
Isolation is an issue, not just in the story but in real life. Feeling isolated means even though there can be a crowd of people around, one can still feel alone. One tends to think that nobody realizes one’s there, or if one even cares. Isolation can also be associated with depression. One who is feeling isolated can be lost in one’s thoughts. Positive thinking may be replaced with negative thinking, when something negative happens to one, or around one.
“It was the opposite of me. I didn’t deserve to be there. I knew it; all of those kids knew it. Indians don’t deserve shit” (Alexie 56).
In the book The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Junior (Arnold Spirit) decides he needs to make a few changes in his life. During this journey he faces many challenges, self deprication, isolation, and loss. Junior continues to make friends along the way, and he starts finding himself.
There are many themes present in the book, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. One particular theme that is present throughout the story is feeling isolated doesn’t just mean being alone.
Everything Junior says in the book has meaning. He explains his feelings in detail, and really wants to get his point of feeling isolated out. …show more content…
“Everybody, all of the students and the teacher stopped to stare at me.
They stared hard. Like I was bad weather” (Alexie 58 59).
Right when Junior got to Reardan everyone stared at him, and seperated him from the others. One would choose this because what the other kids did, helped Junior gain confidence, and slowly make friends.
“So, no I wasn’t a zombie not at all. Because you can’t ignore a zombie. So that made me, well it made me nothing. Zero. Zilch. Nada” (Alexie 82).
Junior said he couldn’t be a zombie, because one can’t ignore a zombie. One can ignore Junior.
“After I decided to go to Reardan I felt like an invisible mountain gorilla scientist” (Alexie 157).
Even though many people surrounded him, Junior still felt alone and isolated.
For the most part Junior’s going through a lot of self doubt, and he’s needing one to open up
to.
Generally speaking, not everyone goes through feeling isolated like Junior, but it is important one knows how to help one who is going through it. There are many themes in the book The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. One in particular theme that is present throughout the story is feeling isolated doesn’t just mean being alone.
Isolation is an issue, not just in the story but in real life. Feeling isolated means even though there can be a crowd of people around, one can still feel alone. One tends to think that nobody realizes one’s there, or if one even cares. Isolation can also be associated with depression. One who is feeling isolated can be lost in one’s thoughts. Positive thinking may be replaced with negative thinking, when something negative happens to one, or around one.