The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part-Time Indian By Sherman Alexie

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 are distinct in treatments from classmates, teachers's attitude towards Junior and friends. Junior experienced distinct treatments from Wellpinit and Reardon school. In Wellpinit school, Junior "got beat up at least once a month" (Alexie, p8).He
Unfortunately , the first day he went to new school he face to the language violence. Language violence could not bring physical damage, but it hurts people more in mental aspects. In novel,Roger humiliated
In reservation school, Junior accidentally hit his teacher, Mr.P in face with the book.Mr.P expressed that it was "the worst thing"(Alexie, p28) done by Junior and it was "almost unforgivable"( p28). Unexpectedly,Mr.p chose to forget him and told about his past. In the past, Mr.P described younger him was" young"( p28)and "stupid"( p28). He also admitted he beat many Indian students and he was confessed to Junior. A teacher realised his foul and wanted to changed. In fact, it shocked Junior since he found Mr.P was not that terrible as he thought.Moreover, Mr.P said "You deserve better" (Alexie, p32). In his opinion, Junior could be better and he should be better. He insisted Junior should not give up himself like Mary and Rowdy.He wanted Junior moved to a new school with excellent educate quality. Mr.P brought hope to Junior and lighten a way for him. Junior realised he need to go to a place with hope instead of stuck in the poor hopeless reservation. In all,Mr.P inspired Junior in a positive way.Conversely, Junior's history teacher, Mr. Dodge performed his attitude in another way.He made an mistake in class and Junior proposed the truth in class.However, Mr.Dodge insisted he is right and became extremely angry. He not only "stared hard" (p58),at Junior but also directly express his discrimination towards Junior. He said the reservation was teaching the " amazing science"(Alexie, p59). As a teacher, he