and not an outcast group. The next example is Victor and Thomas’s journey to retrieve Victor’s father’s ashes in Arizona. In this journey‚ Smoke Signals is able to cover a wide array of topics that are relatable to the film’s diverse audience. The road-trip is an iconic part of American life and media‚ and in that journey‚ Victor and Thomas were able to rekindle a long lost friendship and by the end of the film became close once again. Smoke Signals was able to use alcoholism as a key component
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Poverty is still a problem in a lot of places all around the world but can also help some people. Most people think that poverty makes people have a terrible life and fail‚ but poverty actually helps people to strive for more. In The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie Arnold goes to Reardon because he wanted to be better‚ in The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid Changez goes to Princeton to get a good job so that he can support his family and live a good life‚ and in “The
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felt angry because you have never forgiven someone? Imagine you are Victor the man character of “Smoke Signals” and you can forget your father. What will you do? What’s going to be the consequences of your actions? What will you do to find happiness? Not being able to forgive someone may lead to many different outcomes. Throughout the film there is flashback to the past‚ where Arnold was a drunken father but at the same time a loving father although he didn´t know how to express it very good. In
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Part Time Indian essay Determination is a driving force that enables people to succeed in life. In Sherman Alexie’s novel‚ The Absolutely true diary of a part time Indian‚ Arnold the protagonist‚ has a determination and will to succeed and escape the stereotype of Native Americans. Despite the many factors that were going against him‚ for example Poverty and the way he was raised. He walked to school everyday and battled the bullying and prejudice being dealt to him. He also had a strong determination
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Identity shows a person’s individuality. A person’s individuality can include how they dress‚ their beliefs‚ their personality traits‚ the way they speak‚ their culture‚ their education‚ etc. In The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie and in my own life‚ it is evident that when exploring identity‚ a character must leave and return to his/her roots before truly understanding him/herself. Arnold finds out who he is by leaving and later coming back to Rowdy. In the last
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When Alcohol Control Our Life. In the book “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian” is showed that alcoholism is influenced by family behavior‚ social economic status‚ and self-esteem. When people has problem controlling their drinking in a chronic and progressive way happens that they became in alcoholic. These people want to drink more to get the same effect or worst‚ in order to feel well. So I ask to myself. “Does the book portray the alcoholism theme realistically? Alcoholism is an
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The novel The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie’s was such an inspiring powerful book that left a profound impact on me. One thing the book helped me realize is that everyone that I meet and run into has their own personal story and you never know what it took for them to get to the place they’re at. Some individuals have to work so much harder to get things that come easy to others. Take Arnold for example‚ he had to get up every morning and go to a school that was
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Smoke Signals Will Parsegian In the movie Smoke Signals there are many thoughts of themes. In this story many themes are developed and there are many conflicts that inflict themes. But my opinion of the theme is that everyone makes mistakes and no matter how much it hurts you they deserve to be forgiven. Out of all the conflicts in the story there is a few that inflict the theme more than the others. The first one is at the beginning of the story‚ a house is on fire and two babies are
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"Smoke Signals" This story began at the Coeur d’Alene reservation in Idaho Victor had a troubled childhood marked by all things that plague Native Americans in 20th Century United States. Many years earlier Victor had watched his drunken father argue with his mother and drive off in his pickup‚ leaving the reservation and his family forever. Until now Victor had tried to forget that day. This was a day in his life that Victor wanted to erase form his memory. Victor was about to embark on a reluctant
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In the book‚ “ The Absolutely True Diary of a Part- Time Indian‚ A kid named Junior‚ tells us his life story. He starts off in his reservation. Later in the book He finds courage and transfers schools to Reardan. Reardan is a school that is located outside of the rez‚ with all whites. Even though there are some disadvantages about going to a school with people that are a different race‚ He had some good outcomes. He went to get a better education. Not only did He get a better education‚ but He had
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