This book‚ "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie‚ is about a boy called Arnold Spirit aka Junior. He is a Native American that lives in an Indian Reservation. He isn’t really satisfied with his life‚ since he’s pretty poor‚ but he gets along. He doesn’t really accept himself‚ since he has multiple medical problems‚ and he has been beaten up since he was little. When he starts to gain more friends in this new (American) school‚ he starts to like and accept himself more
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian‚ is about a 14 year old boy named Arnold Spirit Jr. He calls himself Junior. Junior lives on Wellpinit Indian Reservation. He is sick and tired of his poor and boring life at the Rez‚ as he calls it. He wants to do something with his life‚ not just be an “Indian boy”. Junior lives at an Indian reservation. The people who lives there are very poor‚ and Junior tells us in the book that it isn’t much to do there besides drinking. Junior gets bullied a
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In the novel The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian‚ by Sherman Alexie Arnold’s relationship with Rowdy influences the novel because it helps drive the theme of adversity. Arnold leaves the reservation in order to obtain better education. Also‚ Arnold use to rely on Rowdy to protect him‚ but now he stands up for himself. By staying on the reservation they lose hope and cannot overcome adversity. Arnold learns to cope with adversity while Rowdy struggles to. Arnold leaves the reservation
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Dear Mrs. Garriott‚ I read The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie. The narrator‚ Junior or Arnold‚ introduces himself to us: he is a hydrocephalic‚ meaning he was born with water on the brain. He is also a budding artist and hopes to use his words to connect with people. In the story‚ Arnold undergoes a series of alcohol-related losses: first his grandmother is hit by a drunk driver‚ then his dad’s best friend Eugene is shot in the face at a 7-11‚ and his sister Mary dies
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Have you ever has a complicated friendship? In the book The Absolutely True Diary of the Part-Time Indian‚ written by Sherman Alexie; Arnold Spirit or Junior does. At the start of the book he has a problem with his friend Rowdy‚ because he leaves the reservation to find a better life‚ he still lives in the reservation. As he does this he lost a few friends and but he also gained friends. As Junior leaves he goes to a all white school. The book teaches us that friendships are complicated. First of
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of the illustration helps the reader to view the world through Junior’s perspective‚ that of a gifted‚ crushed teenager.The Absolutely True Diary Of a Part-Time Indian did slightly influence me as a reader because it had words such as‚ boner and shit. Never have I ever‚ encountered such words in any assigned book by a teacher. In The Absolutely True Diary Of a Part-Time Indian‚ Sherman Alexie uses the language of an everyday teenager to accentuate how he may have spoken when he was a teenager or to
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In “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” Loneliness can be found almost on every page. There are some pages where characters do acknowledge Arnold though‚ Such as Rowdy and Gordy. Rowdy Tells Arnold about this amazing dream he had about Arnold’s future. Gordy to also gives Arnold great courage by standing up for him at school. Later in the book of PTI Arnold’s friend Gordy from Reardon. Doesn’t give Arnold advice‚ But gives him courage. After Mrs. Jeremy complains about Arnold missing
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General Essay Outline—5 paragraph (training wheels) Topic: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Thesis: Junior’s decision of transferring schools from his tribe to Reardan‚ is a poor decision because he never feels that he belongs‚ people always find a way to pick on him and he disgraces his tribe when he departs. Body Paragraph 1 Topic: To start off‚ Junior’s choice of transferring schools is a detriment because he never feels like he is welcome. This is due to the fact that he goes
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INTRODUCTION The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian‚ is a novel written by Sherman Alexie and it is for young adults. The illustrator of the novel is Ellen Forney and the novel is referred as a first person narrative by who we know as Junior the main character in the novel‚ his real name is Arnold Spirit‚ a Narrative American teenager at the age of 14 years who likes drawing cartoons because he simply believes that is the only thing that he is good at. Arnold grows up under difficult circumstances
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian by Sherman Alexie follows Arnold Spirit Junior‚ a young native american boy‚ as he struggles to survive between two different worlds. He must endure his own disability‚ social ostracism‚ poverty‚ and the effects of alcoholism‚ while also dealing with the loss of people he loves due to the very conditions on his reservation that he is fighting to escape. Arnold must go through many trials and tribulations as he learns to navigate the world on his own
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