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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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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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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"modifies" a noun (a big dog). Adjectives can be used before a noun (I like Chinese food) or after certain verbs (It is hard). We can often use two or more adjectives together (a beautiful young French lady). Adverbs Adverbs are an important part of speech. They usually answer questions such as how?‚ where?‚ when? how often? and how much? Pronouns Pronouns are small words that take the place of a noun. We can use a pronoun instead of a noun. Pronouns are words like: he‚ you‚ ours‚ themselves
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schools‚ does it impact their identity? The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part Time Indian by Sherman Alexie is about an young kid named Junior goes through a dramatic change of schools and friends but manages to make it work. “School Days of an Indian Girl” by Zitkala-Sa is about a Indian girl who is forced into a boarding school and has to the teacher they to make her forget about her culture. In The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part Time Indian Junior’s identity has changed by being brave by playing in
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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 Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie‚ Junior’s life has always been black and white‚ in the sense that there is a white world and his world‚ but he has never gotten a chance to explore the in-between or grey: the mix of the white world and his‚ and he is not expected to. The Spokane Tribe was reluctant to associate with the white people on the outside of the reservation because white people were the main party who had forced seclusion upon them. Going to a white school
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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 Junior’s
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the idea of the traditional eight parts of speech comes to mind‚ flashbacks to sitting in the back row of my middle school English language class flourish through my brain. I don’t remember too much about them today‚ however I do know that it was drilled into my brain until we could fully understand and use them all. The eight parts of speech: such a key component of language‚ yet such a complicated piece of my learning career. Out of all eight of the parts of speech‚ the verb‚ the noun‚ the
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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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