The act of not judging before truly knowing is something that most people struggle not to do. In the novel “The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part-Time Indian” by Sherman Alexie‚ Arnold Spirit understands this thoroughly. He falls victim to others judging him too quickly but on the other hand he also does the same to his white friends. He makes decisions about them and their homes before he has any idea. If he hadn’t given up these false notions‚ he may have missed out on some quality people. He then
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1 ”The Fabulous Button Sisters” is a short story from 2006 written by Sarah Salway‚ it’s about a girl named Karen and her best friend Michelle. Michelle is living with her aunt‚ while her mother is in Hollywood trying to become a star‚ Michelle is waiting for her mother to become a star so she can come live with her and become one too. Michelle and Karen have a plan to go together‚ so they both can become stars. Karen and Michelle is going to a party and they have agreed to dress up like chocolate
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Reservation realism The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is a young adult-novel written by the multi-artist Sherman Alexie. The book was published in 2007 and has since then been critically acclaimed‚ winning a National Book Award. In the novel‚ we get into the life of a fourteen-year-old Native American named Arnold Spirit‚ also called Junior. He lives with his alcoholic mother and father and a depressed sister on the Spokane Indian Reservation in Willpinit. Junior is‚ besides being
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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
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The Fabulous Button Sisters In this short story we hear about Karen. She is a teenage girl going to school. She had a best friend in her class‚ Connie‚ but when Connie turned sick with fever‚ at the same time as a new girl‚ Michelle‚ started in the class. Karen realized at the moment Michelle walked into the class‚ that she was going to be her best friend. And so it all happened. Michelle was a type a girl who would like to control and wanted to be heard. Michelle was living with her aunt‚ because
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Alexie Sherman “I have to prove that I am stronger than everybody else. I have to prove that I will never give up. I will never quit playing hard.” pg (132). Junior is an intelligent Native American teenager that wishes for nothing more than a hopeful future. Though the story is written with a humorous tone the message of the novel is tragic. The tragedy that Alexie through the voice of Arnold presents in his story is that Native American have
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Anonymos In the novel The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie‚ the reader is introduced to a Native American high school boy named Arnold who is condemned as a traitor by his people. Despite enduring great tragedies‚ Arnold attacks life with wit and humor and discovers inner strength that he never knew existed. Arnold makes the most important decision in his life‚ when he decides if he wants to be like all the other Indians on his reservation- a man with broken dreams
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Racism is something that negatively hurts/affects people. It causes the victims to feel isolated from the world. In The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian‚ racism lowers Junior’s confidence and it causes him to think negatively about himself. It gives him a form of sadness and regret on how he currently has to live his life. In The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian‚ Sherman Alexie explores the existence and negative effects of racism against Indigenous Peoples. This is shown through
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