Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian has been banned or considered for banning in various school districts around the country. I disagree with most of the parents that have concluded that this book detrimental to their children’s brain. Parents are just seeking out the inappropriate things in the book and overlooking the messages in it. For example‚ some parents are just looking at the racist language in the book‚ but they are totally missing why it’s there. The author
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In Sherman Alexies novel‚ The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian‚ the protagonist‚ Junior‚ overcomes many obstacles such as stereotypes‚ poverty and hopelessness. One of the main obstacles Junior overcomes is stereotypes. Junior is an Indian who lives on a reservation. Indians have many stereotypes that are towards them. For instance one stereotype is that they have no hope. Junior had a conversation with one of his teachers about his future‚ which involved him switching schools. Junior
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Fighting terrorism in India 449:Mumbai‚107:delhi‚75:Kashmir ‚50:Jaipur the list goes on…These are the number of innocent lives that have been lost in the past year to terrorism in 2008.These numbers not only indicate the growing rate of terror in India but also highlight the issues of lack of security ‚corruption and weak government policies to fight terror.This year the nation was shaken by the Mumbai terror attack described as the “fidaheen”style of terror only seen in J&K.We always felt that
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a very serious situation‚ which has impacted his life into many negative aspects. Poverty among Native Americans affects them more physically than academically or socially because they have limited services and transportation. In the book‚ "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie‚ Arnold has a very difficult time getting to school because he lives on the reservation and his school is 22 miles away. In one situation‚ Arnold said "My dad was supposed to pick me up. But he
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In Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian‚ the author emphasizes Junior’s misfit status at Reardan through figurative language‚ parallel structure‚ repetition‚ and contrast. Junior is uncomfortable being the only Indian attending Reardan‚ which is evident through the way he compares his classmates’ stares to the way you would stare at “bigfoot or a ufo” (56). This simile reveals that Junior feels his classmates see him as an “alien‚” rather than as a fellow classmate. Thus
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Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is a day -to-day journal highlighting the freshman school year of one Spokane Indian growing up on a reservation in Wellpinit‚ WA. This is a year in which he bravely transfers from the reservation school to a school 22 miles away that is predominately white. While mundane in nature‚ especially when compared to fantasy works such as Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings‚ this “diary” uses honesty‚ humor and universal themes to appeal to
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individuals are explored in Scott Hicks’ ’Shine’‚ Charles Dickens’ ’A Christmas Carol’‚ Edvard Munch’s ’the scream’‚ and Les Murray’s ’an absolutely ordinary rainbow’ and Jude Wright’s’The remittance man’. These composers have used a variety of visual and literary techniques to demonstrate contrasting experiences that humans undergo. The comments made by Murray in ’An Absolutely Ordinary Rainbow’ reflect a distorted society where feelings and emotions are kept secret‚ and dark fears and worries remain imbedded
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people into your life a little bit‚ they can be pretty damn amazing” (129). This is just one of many insightful quotes that Arnold Spirit has to say that makes him and Victor Joseph very similar. Sherman Alexie is the American novelist who wrote The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian and the film Smoke Signals. Both of the main characters in each of these pieces are modern day Indians who have had a tough upbringing. While Arnold (Diary) and Victor (Smoke) are different in many ways such as how
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Jr. is convinced that he is weak and cannot fend for himself. He thinks himself lucky to have Rowdy for a friend… and he’s right. Rowdy has protective instincts towards Arnold‚ Jr. knows that “…Rowdy has a temper and stuff…but he’s been nice to me since we were kids” (41). And while there can be many explanations as to why Rowdy likes Arnold‚ he is just happy is has someone to protect him. I speculate the reason Rowdy protects Jr. is because “…Rowdy’s dad hits him…” (41). His parents treat him poorly
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In the novel‚ The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian‚ Sherman Alexie asserts that regardless of the circumstances that one has to go through‚ there is always hope that they will be able to overcome that. In doing so he focuses on the struggle Arnold faces between attempting to discover his identity between two cultures and overcoming the loss of loved ones. Alexie reflects his values of returning to his origins by expressing the importance of identity and hope throughout the novel. Certainly
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