Brett Bisceglia English 99 18 September 2014 Word Count: 1011 A Part-Time Indian: His Success As an Indian from a reservation‚ Junior faces a lot of racism‚ poverty‚ being surrounded by alcoholics and physical abuse. Junior also faces loss and bullying. As a result‚ a lot of events happen in his life which are both internal and external. Junior has different ways to cope internally. He uses jokes and his drawing and stories to help him get by. Meanwhile‚ externally‚ his family and friends help
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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 or side. In other cases‚ the battles result from characters trying to be something much larger than they ever will be. The battles most often result in a gain of knowledge and wisdom among the
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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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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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Short Answer Questions Leslie Silko has said that "If we Indians do not ’represent’ our communities as we see them‚ then others ...will concoct fantasies that pass for the truth." What truths does Alexie represent in his novel about Indian communities? The audience discovers there are many truths between the ‘Indian communities’ that Sherman Alexie describes in his novel. One truth is the fact that in American Indian communities‚ inhabitants feel a loss of culture due to the mainstream items that
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Absolute True Story Of A Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexi several of the characters suffered from a defeatist attitude. “Self-confidence is an inner quality that is not a steady state. It comes and goes depending on the environment we find ourselves in”. (Edmunds‚ USA Today) The characters Arnold‚ Rowdy and Arnold’s parents all displayed life altering attitudes of defeatism.
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This book‚ The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie. ¨ If youŕe good at it‚ and you love it‚ and it helps you navigate the river of the world‚ then it can not be wrong.¨ This book is about how people can make mistakes and abuse others in a negative way. Things can lead out into violence and to death and heartbreak. Three characters who hope and fear are Rowdy‚ Mary‚ and Junior. Junior both hopes and fears in many ways some can be good and others can be devastating. Junior
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bit‚ they can be pretty damn amazing” (129). This is just one of many insightful quotes that Arnold Spirit has to say that makes him and Victor Joseph very similar. Sherman Alexie is the American novelist who wrote The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian and the film Smoke Signals. Both of the main characters in each of these pieces are modern day Indians who have had a tough upbringing. While Arnold (Diary) and Victor (Smoke) are different in many ways such as how they handle bullies‚ they
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Penelope has a key role in this novel. She is a good friend of Junior’s from Reardan‚ and the two eventually start dating. This book reveals to us that Penelope is understanding‚ determined and sympathetic. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian is about a boy named Junior who lives on the reservation. Junior realizes one day that he wants to do something with his life‚ so he made the decision to transfer schools to the prominently white‚ “smarter” school in the town over. This novel is
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conflicts such as war and oppression‚ to reality TV shows and typical school drama‚ conflict continues to enrapture most everyone. Therefore‚ everyone experiences conflict‚ and in turn‚ everyone is impacted by it. In the novel The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie‚ the protagonist‚ Jr.‚ is greatly influenced by a conflict within his own household. Though Jr. is loved dearly by both of his parents‚ his father’s continual failure to be wholly involved in Jr.’s life affects
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