Part Time Indian Alcoholism

When Alcohol Control Our Life.
In the book “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian” is showed that alcoholism is influenced by family behavior, social economic status, and self-esteem. When people has problem controlling their drinking in a chronic and progressive way happens that they became in alcoholic. These people want to drink more to get the same effect or worst, in order to feel well. So I ask to myself. “Does the book portray the alcoholism theme realistically? Alcoholism is an actual huge problem that people all facing each day. The consequences are devastating, it includes: violence, diseases, and death. It is possible that people can take conscious about this problem? How this problem is also attacking poor people such
In first place, family behavior is a kind of influence to become an alcoholic because this disease could be happen by heredity. In accordance with an article from a web site, a group of scientific found that “hereditary factors can to determine their development of the disease because these individuals are capable of metabolizes alcohol, and also they can has tolerance of high levels of alcohol in the blood.”(chicagotribune.com) Also children see their parents as role models so they will to do the same actions. If they drink, why I can’t? In the book, Arnold’s friend is sharing the same situation as him, both has alcoholics fathers. The difference is that each father has a different behavior, I mean, the father of Arnold demonstrate being depressed but when he is drunk he dance and play saxophone. In the other hand, the father of his friend is a violent person who always mistreat his son. Is interesting because both has 14 years old, and in no time of the novel is shown an intention to drink alcohol from their
When I started to read the story, in the second chapter “Why Chicken Means So Much to Me” I can feel myself sadness because I began to think that many people is poor in front of our eyes and people is like ignoring that reality. When Arnold says, “And believe me, a good piece of chicken can make anybody believe in the existence of God.” , is impacting for me because Arnold is manifesting a feeling of doubt about the existence of God and that is a consequence of being poor. Many times in our life people are complaining because they don’t have iPad, new cars or iPhones, but people is not thinking in that exist people that are very poor and they will give anything to have the things that people have such education or food. Arnold again has this feeling of why he is poor when more lately he says “More than anything, I wanted to kill God.” In this strong sentence is demonstrated a feel of angry and hates to God because all the bad things that are happening. In the begin of the novel is mention that Indians are poor and when people live in unpleasant conditions is hard to don’t feel envy or guilt about your destiny. In order to forget reality, people want to drink alcohol. In the novel I can mention Arnold’s father, he is poor but he spend the money in alcohol. Only he saves his last five dollars to give to Arnold. This is a situation that many people are facing in these days.