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 wasn’t sure if he’d have enough gas money...If they didn’t come‚ I’d start walking...Twenty-two miles. I got blisters each time" (Alexie 87-88). Arnold’s biggest struggle everyday is trying to get to school. There
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Grief and Trauma Grief can be described as a collection of sorrow‚ misery and pain‚ which is usually followed by trauma. Grief and trauma are intensely expressed in the book‚ The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian by Sherman Alexie. The main Character‚ Arnold Spirit Junior experiences grief when his grandmother passes away due to a car incident. Following by the death of Eugene‚ a close family friend‚ and the tragedy of Mary‚ Junior and his parents are severely
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Grief Hurts Maria Becerra COM/150 May 6‚ 2012 Cheryl Eniero Grief Hurts The grieving process is a painful life experience in which individuals cope in various ways. These people can go thru a stage where they don’t want to see or speak to anyone. For some obtaining counseling thru professional help or sharing their experience relieves the ache‚ and for others just by reminiscing is sufficient to grief. The human body is not immortal and for that reason we all experience
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time that‚ unfortunately‚ everyone must go through at some point. Most of us never think of how to deal with the loss of our loved ones until we are faced with the reality of death. It is one of the harsh realities that are commonly faced without training or education; learning to accept that we do not get over a loss‚ rather‚ learn to live with it. The experience of such a loss can assist individuals in accepting their grief response as a journey. The stages of mourning are universal and are experienced
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any or all of the following symptoms‚ you are dealing with grief. Symptoms: * Feel physically drained * Out of emotional control - feel good one minute; in the pits the next * Can’t eat - food makes you sick. People tend to lose up to 40 pounds while grieving * Susceptible to illnesses * "Zombie Effect" Feelings shut down due to your body’s natural coping mechanism * Brain is scrambled; can’t think clearly or remember things * Cry continuously * Can’t cry -- bottle it up (it
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Grief‚ Misery‚ Woe. Edgar specialized in these three conceptions. Edgar‚ mourning in the loss of his wife‚ was sitting alone‚ helpless‚ and confused. He did not understand how his wife could be taken away from him. The day before he was taken away forever‚ he did not know that it was going to change this life forever‚ and not for the good. In hope that his wife would come back‚ he sat in his home reading a book. Then‚ he heard this unsystematic knocking coming from his window. Edgar thought
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In the “Traveling Between Worlds Apart”‚ podcast Sherman Alexie reflects on his own unique sporadic childhood experiences and its relations to other different experiences others may be going through. When I first heard this podcast‚ I was stunned to know that Sherman Alexie endured traumatic experiences like mine. He had to endure a rough childhood where he was constantly teased for having a globe sized head due to the hydrocephalus as an infant (To The Best Of Our Knowledge‚ 2017) He also had to
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tough tank to bring down than the M4 Sherman‚ however this statement does not tell the whole story. Production of the Tiger and the durability was less efficient than the M4 Sherman‚ which gave the Allies a huge advantage. In addition to the production advantages that the M4 Sherman had over the Tiger‚ there were several other small factors that contributed to the M4 Shermans effectiveness and resilience. The productions figures are of the United States M4 Sherman are staggering compared to that of
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“Back again it looks like I’m gonna be here all night. Looks like a long night.” I say to my dog Alexie. But it is going to be worse than that. I picked up the phone and ordered a pizza. “Yes I’ll like a meat lovers pizza with pineapple on it” I say. When the pizza came I took a bite and… “Hoooowwl.” howled Alexie. My dog she knew there was poison on it she could smell it a mile away but she was too timid to grawl. I was dieing‚ and it was not my time. But when Death came he gave me an offer instead
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Sherman Alexie is an American poet‚ writer‚ and filmmaker‚ which was raised on the Spokane Indian Reservations. Alexie’s literary work shows the reality of how modern Native Americans faced poverty‚ alcoholism‚ and violence on and off the reservations. In addition‚ unlike many authors Alexie uses gallows humor to lighten the darkness in some of his stories. Most of Alexie’s stories do not deal with life on the reservations; most of his stories are life experiences that can influence readers to overcome
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