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    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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    Anonymos In the novel The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie‚ the reader is introduced to a Native American high school boy named Arnold who is condemned as a traitor by his people. Despite enduring great tragedies‚ Arnold attacks life with wit and humor and discovers inner strength that he never knew existed. Arnold makes the most important decision in his life‚ when he decides if he wants to be like all the other Indians on his reservation- a man with broken dreams

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    The Absolutely True Character Traits of a Part-Time Indian “I was half Indian in one place and half white in the other. It was like being Indian was my job‚ but it was only a part-time job. And it didn’t pay well” (118). This quote comes from the book‚ The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie. The character from this novel‚ Junior‚ is who was previously quoted. He betrays his tribe by leaving the reservation to get a better education in nearby small white town. Junior

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    of the illustration helps the reader to view the world through Junior’s perspective‚ that of a gifted‚ crushed teenager.The Absolutely True Diary Of a Part-Time Indian did slightly influence me as a reader because it had words such as‚ boner and shit. Never have I ever‚ encountered such words in any assigned book by a teacher. In The Absolutely True Diary Of a Part-Time Indian‚ Sherman Alexie uses the language of an everyday teenager to accentuate how he may have spoken when he was a teenager or to

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    In the novel The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian‚ by Sherman Alexie Arnold’s relationship with Rowdy influences the novel because it helps drive the theme of adversity. Arnold leaves the reservation in order to obtain better education. Also‚ Arnold use to rely on Rowdy to protect him‚ but now he stands up for himself. By staying on the reservation they lose hope and cannot overcome adversity. Arnold learns to cope with adversity while Rowdy struggles to. Arnold leaves the reservation

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    Theme Development by Alexia Sherman Name: Institution: Theme Development by Alexia Sherman Introduction Alexia Sherman’s novel‚ The Absolutely True Diary of a Part time Indian is a great novel for the modern times. The themes that it also seeks to explore are very relevan in the modern context. They range from death‚ alcoholism‚ race‚ education among others. These themes in most cases work hand in hand. It is rare for instance to talk of poverty without a mention of alcoholism

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    General Essay Outline—5 paragraph (training wheels) Topic: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Thesis: Junior’s decision of transferring schools from his tribe to Reardan‚ is a poor decision because he never feels that he belongs‚ people always find a way to pick on him and he disgraces his tribe when he departs. Body Paragraph 1 Topic: To start off‚ Junior’s choice of transferring schools is a detriment because he never feels like he is welcome. This is due to the fact that he goes

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    Have you ever felt like people are ashamed to know you… Or to even hear your name? In “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” Loneliness can be found almost on every page. There are some pages where characters do acknowledge Arnold though‚ Such as Rowdy and Gordy. Rowdy Tells Arnold about this amazing dream he had about Arnold’s future. Gordy to also gives Arnold great courage by standing up for him at school. Later in the book of PTI Arnold’s friend Gordy from Reardon. Doesn’t give Arnold

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    What does it mean to be an “absolutely true” or “part-timeIndian? This is an example of one of the questions I ask myself when looking at the cover of The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. In Chapter 12 of How to Read Literature like a professor Thomas. C. Fosters explains‚ “Everything is a symbol.” The cover of The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian foreshows the internal struggle Arnold has with being Indian in a white school. First of all‚ Arnold isn’t accepted anywhere

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    The Good the Bad and the Depressed Merriam-Webster dictionary defines depression as a serious condition in which the person often feels hopeless or sad. Throughout The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian‚ Junior is depressed because he struggles with identity‚ friendship‚ and the death and alcohol issues on the reservation. In the beginning of the book‚ Junior fights depression because he is unsure of what community‚ Reardan or the Rez‚ he belongs to most‚ and neither of them value him. On

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