Character Analysis: A Part Time Indian

Becoming an adult can be a very stressful and elongated process. You go through different phases, learn the true faces of people, and realize who you are and where you belong. Finding your true self is a blessing and a curse at the same time. It is a blessing because you find out who you really are and find all your good and bad qualities. However, it is a curse because you can hurt the people you love the most in the process. In the book, A Part Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, Junior realizes he has to better himself and his future, by doing that, he has to leave the reservation. Throughout his process, he hurts a lot of his loved ones. This does not only happen in books, but in real life as well. People ostracize others for leaving the community

The definition of neglect means failed to care after. If you were to leave the community, no doubt, a loved one will feel neglect. By you leaving, they will feel like you have traded them for something better and that you will stop caring for them. For instance, in Muslim culture, the eldest son always takes care of the parents. No matter what. Their job is to get an education, get married, and to take care of their parents. My parents, being brought up with that tradition thought that their eldest would follow the same practice. Whereas my older brother had a different idea, he wanted to move to San Diego for a job opportunity. Their first reaction was anger of course, but anger soon turned into feeling neglect mostly by my mother. She had thought that her eldest would always take care of her, while my brother wanted to get away from basic traditional practices and be more Americanized. He did eventually move out and my parents did not speak to him for months, and only talked to him when he decided to move back the the Bay

With one showing jealousy and envy, they might be resentful and discontented with your achievements and advantages. Although, you will not be successful at first with leaving the community, people will be jealous of you for your future achievements. For example, in the book when Junior was leaving to Reardan, those bullies harassed him because they knew that they would never get the opportunity to go out and attend an all white school, nor would they get the chance to become someone successful if they stayed at the reservation. While Junior did get the chance to. Something similar to Junior’s situation happened to my cousin, who got the chance of a lifetime to go study abroad at Monash University in Melbourne Australia. She could finally leave from her demanding family and become more independent. Almost every auntie was talking badly about her, saying she did not deserve to go because they were jealous that their children would not get the same opportunity and would not be as successful as