When looking in the face of a challenge, having a little success on the side of that could help you continue facing that challenge and gain confidence.Sherman Alexie’s book “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian” explains a lot of ‘Real-World' problems in a mature perspective. Taking Arnold, and putting him through events that happen to people in that ‘real-world’. In The Absolutely True Diary of a accomplishments Indian, Sherman Alexie uses three significant events in junior's life to illustrate the ability to believe in yourself, or the fact that small successes can lead to confidence. Alexie shows how becoming confident socially could help you get friends. I'd Arnold started to realize that people accepted him and didn’t judge him so harshly anymore so he started to gain confidence with other people and he got some self-esteem. The relevance of this topic to the fact of having a few successes that lead to confidence is that with Arnold dating Penelope, he got more confident and self-accepting. …show more content…
Arnold's first game didn't go so well but after a while, he got better at playing and better at believing in himself. "I'd always loved playing ball, mostly because my father loved it so much...I always figured I'd be one of those players who sat on the bench...but somehow or another the season went on...and sure all my teammates were bigger and faster but none of them could shoot like me." with the small accomplishments in basketball Arnold began to accept it. He got better and after awhile he gained the courage to continue the season. Arnold gained the courage and confidence to continue the basketball season and to continue going to Reardan on those