“The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian” (PTI) is a novel written by Sherman Alexie. The novel follows a Native-American teenage boy named Arnold who lives on a reservation that has to suffer through the troubles of being the only Indian teenager in an all white school at Reardan. The challenges that confronted him when he started at Reardan seemed menacing‚ but through his personal spirit and courage he was able to achieve success at the school. Some of Arnold’s successes include his triumph
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language to show the evil in Arnold Friend and how he as a Fiend tries to pull Connie into his corrupted world. The harsh reality that Oates includes in her story is that there are fiends that may seem like a friend around us like Arnold. By using figurative language Oates can create a fiend from what Seem to be a Friend. There are many hints that Joyce left to show that Arnold Friend is not a friend at all and by using symbolism she was able to portray an image of Arnold as a fiend. After talking
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you retarded fag!" at Arnold. The language is offensive. It’s hurtful‚ ignorant‚ and crude‚ but it’s not uncommon to hear young boys talk that way. Why does Rowdy use that language? In Sherman Alexie’s novel‚ The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian‚ Arnold’s best friend Rowdy calls him a “retarded fag” for transferring at the start of their freshman year of high school. Due to his background as a child‚ Rowdy uses cruel language and hurtful gestures anytime Arnold and Rowdy came face to
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Vittorio Gassman. Two brothers went out to pick peas for their family. The youngest brother‚ Arnold‚ was carrying a loaded gun‚ which caught on a wired fence. This ended up killing his brother‚ Eugie. What must it be like to know you killed your sibling? Arnold‚ the young boy in the short story “Stone Boy‚” most likely suffers from schizophrenia. With twelve different symptoms to help with a diagnosis‚ Arnold portrays six. Arnold’s three most visible symptoms include flat and expressionless gaze‚ social
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with her beauty‚ Arnold Friend’s car and Arnold Friend himself help to understand the story’s theme of evil and manipulation. The story‚ fill with underlying tones of evil. In this short story‚ Oates write about 15-year-old Connie‚ the protagonist of the story‚ a pretty girl who is a little too into her own attractiveness‚ which eventually gets her into trouble with a man named Arnold Friend. The story is liberally full with symbolism‚ from the way Connie dresses to the shoes on Arnold Friend’s feet
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Arnold has apparently disparate ways of seeing his world. It’s either the equivalent to a garbage dump‚ or a euphoric place. These differences may be due to many factors‚ the main contributors being mood and perception. He may have been in Wellpinit for so long that the beauty of the area became subdued‚ and he stopped appreciating it. Consequently‚ Arnold believes that the grass is greener elsewhere‚ and has a hard time believing that to someone his lawn may be the greener one. When Arnold describes
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the main character is named Arnold Spirit Jr. He lives on the Spokane reservation (rez) with his family‚ his best friend Rowdy‚ and the holder of wisdom Arnold’s grandmother. On the rez everyone calls Arnold; Junior. Junior wants to become something different then his parents. The concept of being different from the rest of his family and friends plays a significant part in Arnold’s life. He does not want to become another nobody on the rez like his parents. Arnold is given the opportunity to
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Benedict Arnold by:Andrew Merrifield Revolutionary War Biography 5th Grade Literacy May 11‚2017 Why did Benedict Arnold go from patriot to traitor? Why did he go on the british side? Benedict Arnold was a general in the British army. Find out about his early life‚ adult life and contribution to the Revolutionary War which make him a hero of the British army.
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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 they handle bullies‚ they
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