The Absolutely True Diary Of Part Time Indian Essay
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Alexie Sherman
“I have to prove that I am stronger than everybody else. I have to prove that I will never give up. I will never quit playing hard.” pg (132). Junior is an intelligent Native American teenager that wishes for nothing more than a hopeful future. Though the story is written with a humorous tone the message of the novel is tragic. The tragedy that Alexie through the voice of Arnold presents in his story is that Native American have under privileged lives due to their history and culture. Society has grown to expect them to fail which in turn discouraged them and sucked them dry to their hope and then they continue to live in their poverty. Arnold, who is the exception, finds the courage to leave the reservation even though he is racked with guilt to know that his tribe because they couldn’t find the mutation to prove society wrong.
After reading the book The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, I got a much better understanding of what that title means. When you think of part-time you normally think of having a part-time job when you only work some days but not all the time. Well that is a lot like the life of the main …show more content…
Many characters in the book express more than once that whites had a better chance to become something better than the Indian or any other race. We really get a firsthand look when Junior draws a picture of a white unicorn and says “I don’t know if hope is white, but I do know that for me is like some mythical creature” pg (51). This really shows not only how inferior to the white race that Junior feels but also that hope never existed in his life before. As far as he knew Junior believed that he was going to grow up and be like his dad and the other men on the reservation. Alcoholic and struggling to make ends meet with very little education. Which in many ways is a heartbreaking way to
Alexie Sherman
“I have to prove that I am stronger than everybody else. I have to prove that I will never give up. I will never quit playing hard.” pg (132). Junior is an intelligent Native American teenager that wishes for nothing more than a hopeful future. Though the story is written with a humorous tone the message of the novel is tragic. The tragedy that Alexie through the voice of Arnold presents in his story is that Native American have under privileged lives due to their history and culture. Society has grown to expect them to fail which in turn discouraged them and sucked them dry to their hope and then they continue to live in their poverty. Arnold, who is the exception, finds the courage to leave the reservation even though he is racked with guilt to know that his tribe because they couldn’t find the mutation to prove society wrong.
After reading the book The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, I got a much better understanding of what that title means. When you think of part-time you normally think of having a part-time job when you only work some days but not all the time. Well that is a lot like the life of the main …show more content…
Many characters in the book express more than once that whites had a better chance to become something better than the Indian or any other race. We really get a firsthand look when Junior draws a picture of a white unicorn and says “I don’t know if hope is white, but I do know that for me is like some mythical creature” pg (51). This really shows not only how inferior to the white race that Junior feels but also that hope never existed in his life before. As far as he knew Junior believed that he was going to grow up and be like his dad and the other men on the reservation. Alcoholic and struggling to make ends meet with very little education. Which in many ways is a heartbreaking way to