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 Native American population has been seen as a minority ever since the first white settlers arrived to America in 1492. With over 500 federally recognized tribes in the United States‚ it is unfair to group their traditions and culture as one. In Montana‚ there are seven federally recognized reservations today‚ which include the Northern Cheyenne‚ Crow‚ Fort Peck‚ Fort Belknap‚ Blackfeet‚ and Flathead (Reservations). In this paper‚ I am focusing on statistics and data gathered from all Montana
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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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INTRODUCTION The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian‚ is a novel written by Sherman Alexie and it is for young adults. The illustrator of the novel is Ellen Forney and the novel is referred as a first person narrative by who we know as Junior the main character in the novel‚ his real name is Arnold Spirit‚ a Narrative American teenager at the age of 14 years who likes drawing cartoons because he simply believes that is the only thing that he is good at. Arnold grows up under difficult circumstances
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January 17‚ 2013 Nicole Samuels The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian Chapter 1-3 Summary In chapter one‚ we are introduced to the narrator‚ Arnold Spirit‚ nicknamed Junior. He describes himself‚ as being of lanky build‚ with an overly large skull‚ feet and hands. He has a medical condition called Hydrocephalus‚ which is an excess of fluid in the skull
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In the poem “Spirit in Me” by Esther G. Belin‚and the novel “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” by Sherman Alexie both characters share similar life experiences such as effects from alcoholism that affect their lives negatively. Everyone in life has a goal they need to reach and to reach your goal you might have to go through emotional times and so did Junior from the book and the speaker from the poem. Junior and the speaker were facing life the hard way because of the effects of
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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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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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Over the course of a novel‚ it is inevitable that characters will encounter battles‚ and more often than not will have to take them on face to face. The battle is either literal‚ and involves two sides fighting against each other‚ or figurative in which two sides aren’t physically fighting‚ but rather in competition for something intangible‚ and in a sense is metaphorical. These battles are often the main conflicts in the story or for characters in the story‚ that stem from the greed of one group
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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
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