Literary Analysis Of The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part Time Indian

Junior grows up on the reservation where he has been bullied his whole life for being different, only when leaving does he learn to accept his differences, and all aspects of his personality, both Arnold and Junior. When he first enters Reardan his birth name is introduced as Arnold, and when he tells people his name is junior they do not believe him. For example, when he first meets Penelope he introduces himself as Junior, then when his birth name is revealed he says this “She accused me of telling her my real name. Well, okay, it wasn't completely my real name ... "My name is Junior," I said. "And my name is Arnold. It's Junior and

He shows his courage, brains, and emotions in different ways throughout the entire book. He shows his courage when he beats Rowdy in basketball, his brains when he stood up to his teacher and corrected him, and his emotions when mourning for himself, his tribe, and everyone they had lost. Even though Junior may not seem like the best role model, nevertheless, we can all learn something from him, and about how, even though he had a hard life, he is still fighting, and isn’t giving

This book, "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie, is about a boy called Arnold Spirit aka Junior. He is a Native American that lives in an Indian Reservation. He isn't really satisfied with his life, since he's pretty poor, but he gets along. He doesn't really accept himself, since he has multiple medical problems, and he has been beaten up since he was little. When he starts to gain more friends in this new (American) school, he starts to like and accept himself more than before. In this book, "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian" (by Sherman Alexie), the main theme is about Arnold trying to accept himself.

In Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Junior is a young American Indian that is shy and has low self-esteem, and has a few issues physically and his surroundings. He has a best friend named Rowdy. Rowdy is rude and has no emotion to any situation. What many people at the reservation don’t know is that Rowdy and Junior have real problems at home with their parents. The differences between Rowdy and Junior are the family and the personalities.

109), because he's an "absolute stranger" to Reardan, and also, Penelope's dad is racist. Still, they become close friends and start dating. He also makes friends with Roger (surprisingly), since Roger is a friend of Penelope. When Junior made the basketball team, they become closer. Roger even gave Junior a ride home after a basketball game. Arnold also becomes a friend of a geek, Gordy. They were both "outcasts", and they understood how it felt to not fit in. After making all these friends, he feels that he is starting to fit in with the white people.

The upshot of all this is that, Junior’s decision about leaving the Rez and moving to Reardan for a better education was tough. He faced lot of problems; he felt lonely because of losing his best friend, and afraid of death of his tribe and family. Although he suffered from the entire bad things that happened to him, it was the best decision that he had made for his life. “I realized that I might be a lonely Indian boy, but I

Junior is the protagonist’s brother. He is always watching out for Ishmael and does his best to stay together. He traveled with Ishmael and their friends until the place they were at got attacked by the rebels and separated them. Ishmael went one way and his friends went the other way. Junior’s role is important because he because was always

Not only is Junior unpopular and alienated, but the victim of taunts and bullying as well. Furthermore, he’s considered a traitor after he transfers to Reardon. At Reardon, he’s called names and endures racial jokes until he finally finds acceptance through basketball and surprisingly finds friends with similar interests. Ultimately, Junior comes to the “huge realization” that not only does he belong to the Spokane Indian tribe, but to no less than 13 additional groups (Basketball players, cartoonists, bookworms, and sons to name a few). It is the first time he knows that he will be “OK”, sending a positive message to readers that identify with his struggles. By reading about characters similar to themselves, young adults can see that their challenges are not unique and are shared by other adolescents (Bucher & Hinton, 2009)

brave enough to go to Reardan, then she’d be brave enough to MARRY A FLATHEAD INDIAN AND MOVE TO MONTANA” (89). This was the point where his sister moved to Montana so he thought he was not brave enough to go just yet. He also decided to tell his parents about the decision. They at first were confused but than they supported it no matter what. Which definately suprised Junior alot because

Gordy is Reardan high school’s genius. He introduces Junior to his world of books and knowledge, and that it can be awesome. He is also the first one to tell Junior that his method of cartoons to understand the world is completely normal and ok.

Junior also loved Rowdy a lot. But he didn’t ever mention that to Rowdy because he wasn’t like that. He is the toughest kid on the rez. He beats up everyone, except for his best friend Junior. Junior gets beat up a lot. His first fist fight was when he was 3 and he only won 5 and lost 102 in his whole life as it says on page 62. Junior was used to it, he didn’t enjoy it but he was used to it. On Junior’s first day of highschool, he got suspended for throwing a textbook at his teacher, Mr. P. A few days later he got a visit from Mr. P along with a very long talk. After the talk, Junior decided to switch schools from Mr. P’s request. Not because Mr. P didn’t like him anymore, it was for his own good. He wanted to switch to Reardan highschool,, where all the rich white kids go. Well he had to break the news to his best friend Rowdy and his parents but his parents accepted his choice. Rowdy wasn’t happy with Junior’s decision. Junior insisted for Browdy to come but he refused. Browdy was devastated but Junior made the switch without Browdy anyways. His first day at Reardan, he punched a guy named Rogers in the face, he made his nose bleed like

Junior grows up on the reservation where he has been bullied his whole life for being different, only when leaving does he learn to accept his differences, and all aspects of his personality, both Arnold and Junior. When he first enters Reardan his birth name is introduced as Arnold, and when he tells people his name is junior they do not believe him. Consequently, when he first meets Penelope he introduces himself as Junior, then when his birth name is revealed he says this “She accused me of telling her my real name. Well, okay, it wasn't completely my real name ... "My name is Junior," I said. "And my name is

He also participated on the Elder Grove 5th grade red basketball team. He is all heart when he plays and I love seeing it. My sweet boy, always looking out for his momma! I think he still worries a lot about Jeramie’s health, but that is slowly getting better. He absolutely loves being in Mrs. Parson’s class and she adores him too. She told me she always gives him a bad time about being so quite in hopes of bringing him more out of his shell. I guess he got in trouble for talking in class when he was in kindergarten and has been scared to talk ever since, who knew…ha! He also has a great group of friends, Nicky will be severely missed when they move. CJ also loves music and took up the trumpet for 5th grade band, he loves

Jr believes that the family of creation interrelationships are the core of the issue. He reports that his entire childhood was imbalanced and unstable. When he moved to Texas with his mother the first two months were stable and he managed to get through them. However, soon he started to hang out with the wrong crowd his self-esteem was destroyed, and they led him into situations (steeling) that were not good for him. He reports that this engaged him to end up in jail multiple times for the choices he made. The dynamic between Jr and Lucy (mother) was starting to get intense she did not approve of his friends and his behavior Jr on the other hand did not care about her input, which ruined their relationship.

When Penelope and Roger first meet Junior, they both look down on him, bullying him for his race, and his differences, but once they begin talking to him, this begins to change. Penelope originally makes fun of Junior, for nearly everything he says. She gossips about how his name is weird, along with saying directly to his face that she thinks he sounds weird. “She laughed and told her girlfriend at the next desk that my name was Junior. They both laughed...They were laughing at my name” (60). Penelope whispers about Junior and shows little regard to his feelings. Roger too holds biased opinions against Junior. He and the other boys taunt Junior with a wide variety of slurs and insults. “I felt like Roger had kicked me in the face. That was the most