Part Time Indian Challenges

In the book The Absolutely True Story of a Part - Time Indian by Sherman Alexie The main character Junior has to deal with many obstacles that take a tool on him throughout the book. One of the obstacles that Junior faces is the loss and depression from losing two family members. Another obstacle is that Junior has to leave his home reservation school and go to an all white school can Reardan. The final obstacle that Junior faces is that he has a brighter future and smarter than most kids on his reservation.
Junior is accepting of the loss and depression that he is facing. On of the first loses in the book that Junior faces is his grandmother dying. “ My grandmother's last act on Earth was a call for forgiveness, love, and tolerance.” His grandmother was very positive and helps Junior through hard times and it was really difficult to see his grandmother die, but he didn’t give up but accepted what he was going through and stayed positive. The second biggest loss is when his sister died. “No,” Miss Warren said. “ Your sister, she’s dead.” Junior could easily become really depressed and not do anything but he accepts what happened to him and that is how he overcomes his losses and depression.
One obstacle is that lots of parents, teachers, and kids didn’t really accept Junior and that there is an Indian in their school. “And a lot of them think I shouldn’t be in the school at all.” Another obstacle is that the people on the reservation are mad at him for “leaving them” when he still lives on the reservation. “ About ten o’clock, as I was walking home, three guys jumped me.” After Junior was returning from trick or treating he got jumped because he left his reservation. Junior accepts the obstacles that comes with going Reardan and what they can do to him whether they're good or