The novel illustrates the life of Arnold Spirit Junior on Spokane Reservation. Simply, describing his life hard would clearly be wrong, he was born into the life he has. He wears lopsided glasses "My brain was drowning in grease. But that makes the whole thing sound weirdo and funny, like my brain was a giant French fry, so it seems more serious and poetic and accurate to say, “I was born with water on the brain". His head is disproportionate to his body and adds to that the seizures and stutters
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According to the 2010 U.S. census, about 22% of our country’s 5.2 million Native Americans live on tribal lands along with reservations. The main character in The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian by Sherman Alexie is about a Native American who lives on a reservation and learns to follow his own path. The topics in this essay are Indian reservations, Indian schools and, Indians today. Some Indians on reservations are very poor, for example, “I picked up the other boot and dug in side
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“The book is widely taught in high school across the country because of it’s appeal to reluctant readers. The Novel addresses vital issues such as the struggles of young adulthood, the search for personal identity,bullying and poverty. It is ultimately an uplifting story of triumph by a boy with few advantages.”Sherman Alexie young-adult book banned in Idaho schools”. The award winning novel “ The Absolutely True Story Of a Part Time Indian” written by Sherman Alexie is banned in Idaho schools.
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Though Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian and Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games are both certifiable staples of the canon of contemporary young adult literature, the two best-selling novels do not, at first glance, appear to have much else in common. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is, after all, as its title would have you believe, a “diary” of sorts: it is zany Arnold “Junior” Spirit Jr.’s account of what it means to live on an Indian reservation today
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In “The Absolutely True Dairy of a Part-Time Indian” by Sherman Alexie, Junior, an Indian struggles on and off the rez .In the beginning, it tells the reader about the main character Junior. Junior is an Indian both of his parents are alcohols. Junior also gets picked on a lot because he is not like the other Indians he does not fight and his head is disfromed. In addition, to all of that he has a sister that lives in the basement. Later, on in the story you learn about Juniors best friend Rowdy
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In Sherman Alexie’s novel, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, the protagonist in the story is a 14-year old boy named Arnold Spirit Jr., a.k.a Junior, which they call him throughout the story most of the time. The novel begins with Junior explaining how he is Native American and lives on the Spokane Indian Reservation with his mom, dad, sister, and grandmother (Alexie 1-6). He clarifies how he was born with water on his brain, and because of this, he gets treated poorly at school. Kids
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Throughout the story, Junior, a Spokane Indian, is faced with multiple obstacles in his life: Hydrocephalus, poverty, and the target of bullying. Despite the world being against him, Junior’s fortitude helps him greatly when it comes to the adversity that accompanies his journey to find, ‘individual identity, or community identity.’ During the beginning of the book, Junior struggles with his individual identity within the rez. He feels as though he does not belong on the rez. Within the story,
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The essay, “Superman and Me,”by Sherman Alexie, is a story explaining how a young Indian child teaches himself how to read refusing to follow customary Indian traditions. The purpose of this essay was to make an example for people back home, mainly Indian kids living on resverations. Alexie was motivated, loved to read books because of his father, if it wasn’t for his father, Alexie would have not be successful. Alexie’s family was poor, he had 4 siblings.his father worked on and off, eventhough
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In this chapter, author Sherman Alexie introduces the audience to the idea of preservation of Native American tribal culture and the ritual of powwows. We are introduced to the character, Norma-Many-Horses who shares these ideals and traditional values; she herself is a passionate dancer during tribal powwows. Norma has a tendency to become involved with other Native Americans on the reservation, thus has led to complicated relationships for Norma, and here in this chapter, we learn about growth
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While reading the book, The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part-Time Indian, the main character Junior is living in an undersized Indian Reservation. Within the society, many Indian adults do not get treated equally and don't have as many job opportunities. Which creates a low-income for all the children they might have. Many Indians within the culture grow up poor and have to live every day hoping for food and praying that they don't get sick, Like Junior. Since Junior is poor he has some different
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