This book‚ "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie‚ is about a boy called Arnold Spirit aka Junior. He is a Native American that lives in an Indian Reservation. He isn’t really satisfied with his life‚ since he’s pretty poor‚ but he gets along. He doesn’t really accept himself‚ since he has multiple medical problems‚ and he has been beaten up since he was little. When he starts to gain more friends in this new (American) school‚ he starts to like and accept himself more
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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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??Love?? What is love? Love is not what you assume it is. That ’s why so many marriages end in divorce. People get a hormonal rush when they ’re around a person and think they ’re in love‚ and believe that person is "the one." Not even close. True love creeps up on you over a long period of time. It ’s NOT that powerful feeling of "I must have this person." Instead‚ it ’s a slow build-up. When you truly love someone you don ’t have to ask yourself if it ’s love. You ’re not even ASKING yourself
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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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Jon R. Vulgamore Prof. Jeffrey Reed HST 123 - American History 1900-present 10 April 2007 The Klan’s view against Progressivism Hiram W. Evans’ "The Klan’s Fight for Americanism" tries to enlighten audiences to his view point. That view point being the Klan’s feeling that America is being lost to liberal ideologies and cold intellectualistic direction. He emphasizes the de-Americanizing’ issues facing the country such as the reason World War I occurred and why the Jews hold such control over
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Have you ever thought life was so pointless that you just wanted to give up? In the book The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie‚ Junior felt exactly that way. Junior is an outcast boy who has suffered from a brain injury when he was a small boy. He feared his future because he thought he would be on the reservation forever‚ just like his parents. Junior lets his fear get in the way of the goals he wants to accomplish. But he does overcome those fears in the novel. After
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian by Sherman Alexie follows Arnold Spirit Junior‚ a young native american boy‚ as he struggles to survive between two different worlds. He must endure his own disability‚ social ostracism‚ poverty‚ and the effects of alcoholism‚ while also dealing with the loss of people he loves due to the very conditions on his reservation that he is fighting to escape. Arnold must go through many trials and tribulations as he learns to navigate the world on his own
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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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In Canada’s 2011 Aboriginal Survey‚ only 22.8% of Aboriginal Peoples had completed high school and post-secondary education.The book "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" talks about the daily life of an Indian boy who called Junior.His surroundings and himselves changes since he moved from Indian school in Wellpinit to white people school in Reardon. There are some major differences between the schools in Wellpinit and Reardon and impact from differences.Between the two schools‚ they
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Imagine losing your best friend‚ dog‚ grandmother and sister in all one year. Junior‚ the main character in The absolutely true diary of a part time indian by Sherman Alexie overcame this‚ and more! Junior‚ the main character‚ has to also face all the problems of a modern day teenager‚ while being the only Indian at school‚ the only Indian who goes to a white school at home‚ and home being a entire 22 miles from school. Junior endures many things‚ while in poverty and sadness‚ which then enables
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