True Diary Of A Part Time Indian Novel Analysis
THE ABSOLUTETLY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN (THE PHSYICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL VIOLENCE).
Introduction
The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian is a modern contemporary literature written in an adult perspective. In this book we have a young narrator by the name of Arnold Spirit Junior who is experiencing a lot of yanks for a 14 year old. He is not happy with his life and with himself and is forced to take a drastically change which leads to him leaving his home school Wellpinnit to attend at Reardan an “American” school. The first chapter of the book entails of the things that are physically wrong with Arnold from birth, the water in the brain, having surgery at an early age and also the thought of him possibly being a vegetable …show more content…
Every form of violence that is present in the book is due to alcohol abuse, the drunk driver that killed Arnold’s grandmother, the party that leads to the fire that ends up killing Marry, even Arnolds parents background, these are traumatic images tied to alcohol abuse. Arnold’s grandmother is wise and very supportive towards Arnold and she dies being hit by a drunk driver, clearly alcoholism is taking Arnold’s hopes and dreams as his grandmother represent support and …show more content…
The community expect him to attend the Wellpinnit School and be like any other Indian pupil in the reservation, whereas on the other hand Arnold as an individual wants more in life and that dissimilarity between him and the community lead to Arnold being physically and psychologically abused, he is mocked and beaten by the community including his childhood friend Rowdy. Understanding Rowdy’s home situation and his personality Arnold doesn’t take Rowdy’s abuse by heart. He understands that Rowdy only has him as a friend and the thought of Arnold transferring to another school is frustrating to him and the only way he knows how to express his emotions is by being violent to the other person like his father. He believes that crying is a sign of weakness and man shouldn’t cry which is why he denies that he was crying to Arnold when he finds him in the bush in Mary’s funeral. Even at school Rowdy is consider a bully and likes to appear tough even other kids are afraid of him but on the other hand Arnold is very much different to Rowdy but they are friend ne even feel comfortable around him. The domestic abuse that Rowdy suffers at home has shaped him to being this violent person even in the way he plays
Introduction
The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian is a modern contemporary literature written in an adult perspective. In this book we have a young narrator by the name of Arnold Spirit Junior who is experiencing a lot of yanks for a 14 year old. He is not happy with his life and with himself and is forced to take a drastically change which leads to him leaving his home school Wellpinnit to attend at Reardan an “American” school. The first chapter of the book entails of the things that are physically wrong with Arnold from birth, the water in the brain, having surgery at an early age and also the thought of him possibly being a vegetable …show more content…
Every form of violence that is present in the book is due to alcohol abuse, the drunk driver that killed Arnold’s grandmother, the party that leads to the fire that ends up killing Marry, even Arnolds parents background, these are traumatic images tied to alcohol abuse. Arnold’s grandmother is wise and very supportive towards Arnold and she dies being hit by a drunk driver, clearly alcoholism is taking Arnold’s hopes and dreams as his grandmother represent support and …show more content…
The community expect him to attend the Wellpinnit School and be like any other Indian pupil in the reservation, whereas on the other hand Arnold as an individual wants more in life and that dissimilarity between him and the community lead to Arnold being physically and psychologically abused, he is mocked and beaten by the community including his childhood friend Rowdy. Understanding Rowdy’s home situation and his personality Arnold doesn’t take Rowdy’s abuse by heart. He understands that Rowdy only has him as a friend and the thought of Arnold transferring to another school is frustrating to him and the only way he knows how to express his emotions is by being violent to the other person like his father. He believes that crying is a sign of weakness and man shouldn’t cry which is why he denies that he was crying to Arnold when he finds him in the bush in Mary’s funeral. Even at school Rowdy is consider a bully and likes to appear tough even other kids are afraid of him but on the other hand Arnold is very much different to Rowdy but they are friend ne even feel comfortable around him. The domestic abuse that Rowdy suffers at home has shaped him to being this violent person even in the way he plays