“This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix‚ Arizona‚ is a story that focuses on the relationship between two Native American men‚ Victor and Thomas Builds-The-Fire‚ who have grown up together one the Spokane Indian Reservation. The leading cause of the central action of the story was the death of Victor’s father in Phoenix‚ Arizona. Having just lost his job and unable to financially travel alone with the one hundred dollars given to him by the Tribal Council‚ Victor happens to run into Thomas Builds-The-Fire
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I’ve finished reading Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. There were several happy endings in this part but my favourite was when Roger figured out who he was and did something different than the kids at the reservation. He was unique and decided to prove to himself that he was unique and could become a “somebody” in this world regardless of his race. He also took the risk of going to an all white school and lost his best friend. However he learned that he could have
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is exploring themselves and finding out who they truly are. One’s identity can be created through his/her culture‚ family‚ and friends. One of the main things that create one’s identity is culture; one’s surroundings. In “Superman and Me” by Sherman Alexie‚ he grows up in an indian village and is surrounded every day by people that discourage learning or reading. The text states‚ “ A smart Indian is a dangerous person‚ widely feared and ridiculed by Indians and non Indians alike. I fought with
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In the short story “This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix Arizona” written by Sherman Alexie‚ there is a character named Thomas Builds-the-Fire who is considered an outcast in his community. The story starts out with Victor who you would assume is facing some hard times losing his job and having his father pass away. After finding out about his father’s death‚ Victor has to go to Phoenix‚ Arizona to pick up his father’s ashes‚ pickup truck and money from his saving. Unfortunately‚ Victor doesn’t 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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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 themes present in the book‚ The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. One particular theme that is present throughout the story is
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enviornment dictat the way you act. For example‚ a study using children and dolls show that messages are conveyed even in the early years of life. A different study showing how our appearence can have an affect on people. In the realisic fiction by Sherman Alexie‚ "The Absolutely Ture Dairy of Part-Time Indian‚" demonstrates how messages can affect us. The main character‚ Junior‚ has always lived by the preconcieved idea that he was supposed to conform like everyone else. Unfotunately‚ that message was
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Sherman Alexie was born in a poor family. One of his parents usually managed to find some minimum-wage job to support he and his brothers and sisters. Even though he comes from a poor family‚ his father loved reading and his rooms were always piled with books. The author’s love of book was influenced by his father. As he began to read he observed the structure of the article: “paragraph”‚ he found the logic behind the paragraph and apply his understanding to his everyday life. At the same time
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when Sherman Alexie was born‚ was not an easy time for people of colored backgrounds. With the Civil Rights Movement and other movements for colored people‚ it must have been difficult for Native Americans to make it in life. By reading books and acquiring knowledge‚ even a Native American can be successful and “save his life.” Even though they were expected to fail during this time period‚ acquiring wisdom made them smarter in school‚ causing them to gain respect‚ not pity from whites. Alexie tries
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Self-Esteem Everyone wants to be told they are good looking or special in some way. In the book The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian written by‚ Sherman Alexie‚ the protagonist‚ Junior‚ goes through the struggle of finding himself due to getting bullied and picked on about his appearance. People should not let what others say define how they view themselves. Bullying can cause one’s self-esteem to deteriorate. In the book‚ Junior gets bullied by the kids living on the Spokane reservation
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