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Analysis Of The Absolute True Dairy Of A Part Time Indian By Sherman Alexie

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Analytical Reader Response In the book “The Absolute True Dairy of a Part Time Indian” by Sherman Alexie the reader can see Junior’s Grandmother Spirit representing the past and the old Indian Traditions. On the other hand, the author Alexie allows us to connect Junior’s character to the title of why Junior calls himself a part-time Indian. Most importantly when Junior leaves Wellprinit to go to Reardan to become better his reservation see him as a “traitor”. Ironically while Junior thinks he is becoming a part-time Indian the reality is that he learning in becoming the old kind of a traditional Indian. In the scene where Mr. P. is talking to junior we know that he places an influence for junior to leave the reservation otherwise he wouldn’t have done it. Mr. P mentions “The only thing kids are being taught is how to give up” (pg. 35), and then continues to say “You threw that book in face because somewhere inside you refuses to give up” (pg. 36). In other words, Mr. P …show more content…

Rowdy explains to Arnold why he doesn’t leave the rez by “Hardly anybody on this rez is nomadic. Except for you. You’re the only nomadic one” as Rowdy ends. This evidences indicates that even Rowdy who hated Arnold for abounding him was able to comprehend that Arnold is the future of the old styled Indian. All the hope Arnold has can only help in being and understanding his own cultural more. It also continues with “I always knew you were going to leave. I always knew you were going to leave us behind and travel the world...you’re going to keep moving all over the world in search of food and water and gazing land. The reader knows Indians had to move around a lot in order to hunt for food to protect their tribes shelter and all those important reasons and even though Arnold reasons are not the same they do have the same meaning to

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