on the Spokane Indian Reservation in Wellpinit‚ Washington. Much of Alexie’s body of work revolves around themes of American/Indian relations‚ alcoholism‚ poor living conditions‚ violence and many other challenges that come from living life on an Indian Reservation. Alexie does an excellent job of balancing out these serious subjects with a sense of humor and satire‚ which helps underscore a message of hope even in the darkest of times. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian focuses heavily
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THE ABSOLUTETLY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN (THE PHSYICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL VIOLENCE). Introduction The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian is a modern contemporary literature written in an adult perspective. In this book we have a young narrator by the name of Arnold Spirit Junior who is experiencing a lot of yanks for a 14 year old. He is not happy with his life and with himself and is forced to take a drastically change which leads to him leaving his home school Wellpinnit to attend
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The contextual values held by composers of different texts allow for varying interpretations and expressions of similar thematic concerns. This is made evident in Sherman Alexi’s novel ‘The Absolute True Diary of a Part-Time Indian’ (2007) and Ivan Sen’s film ‘Beneath Clouds’ (2002) which explore ideas regarding the limitations of isolated communities to provide opportunities and the cycles of destructive behaviour associated with disadvantaged neighbourhoods. Alexie’s experiences in a contemporary
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Leaving the reservation can affect individual love ones and can impact the future. In the story The Absolute True diary of a Part-time Indian by Sherman Alexie‚ a boy named Junior is born with cerebral spinal fluid inside his skull. As a result of being born with cerebral‚ “I ended up with forty-two teeth. The typical human has thirty-two right? But i had forty-two… My brain left me nearsighted in one eye and farsighted in the other… My hands and feet were huge… And my skull was enormous” (3). Also
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Sherman Alexie’s‚ “The Absolute True Diary of A Part- Time Indian” is composed in first person narrative through the perspective of the fourteen-year-old protagonist‚ Arnold Spirit Junior. Throughout the narrative structure the writer mimics the style of a personal diary as if written by Junior himself‚ in which Alexie uses humor‚ irony and colloquial language in the form of both verbal text and visual imagery. This technique allows Alexie to keep the readers engaged throughout the novel while he
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Junior still thinks life would have been much easier if he was white. He tends to put himself down quit often. Alexie Sherman illustrates what differences there are between the Indians and the white people. "Indians covered their private parts with their tiny hands" (Alexie 11). Saying that Indians have tiny hands indicates that the whites had bigger hands therefore meaning that they were more powerful and/or superior over the whites. Another thing Alexie Sherman shows
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“Sex‚ profanity‚ and racism remain the primary categories of objection” (Doyle 2013: 3) when it comes to challenged or banned books. “The Absolute True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” by Sherman Alexie is not only an award winning book‚ but also one of the most challenged books in the United States. It can be found in the bibliography of books which are “challenged‚ restricted‚ removed‚ or banned […]” (Doyle 2013: 4). Critics consider the book offensive as it deals with alcohol‚ poverty‚ violence‚ sexual
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Friendship: Protection‚ Belief‚ and Secrets Imagine life alone‚ with no one to help you with anything. Could society function without friendship? The Absolute True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie follows the perspective of Arnold Spirit‚ or Junior‚ a Spokane Indian living on the Wellpinit Reservation. He was born with brain damage but still leads a normal life. In search of something more‚ he decides to transfer schools to Rearden‚ the rich white school. He meets new people along the
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In the book‚ The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian‚ the main character Junior describes himself very detailed. The way the main character explains about himself‚ he explains that he wasn’t very normal like other people. For example‚ he mentions the water in his brain (brain damage)‚ having 42 teeth‚ etc. When transferring to an all-white school‚ it was hard to transition himself into that because Junior didn’t know anyone and he was the nerd of his school. Meeting Rowdy had a big impact
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” by Sherman Alexie‚ Junior‚ the main character of the book‚ makes the decision to change his life. In this book‚ Junior discusses the problems with his life and how he wanted to make a difference. He describes his family as poor and explains that they did not get a good education on the reservation. Junior decides to leave his Indian reservation to better his education in hopes of having a good job or being famous. When Junior leaves the Indian reservation
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