The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part-Time Indian By Sherman Alexie
In the novel The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie and the poem “There is a Longing…” by Chief Dan George, the authors apply metaphors and diction to express that people have to change their way of thinking in order to achieve their dreams.
At the beginning of the book, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, the main character Junior expresses why he loves to draw. He claims that it is a way to talk to the world and it makes him feel important. He dreams of being rich and famous when he is older, and the only way he believes that is possible is if he escapes the reservation, where he is living. He believes “the world is a series of broken dams and floods, and [his] cartoons are tiny little life boats”
At the beginning of the book, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, the main character Junior expresses why he loves to draw. He claims that it is a way to talk to the world and it makes him feel important. He dreams of being rich and famous when he is older, and the only way he believes that is possible is if he escapes the reservation, where he is living. He believes “the world is a series of broken dams and floods, and [his] cartoons are tiny little life boats”