Relationships are based on love, when it comes down to it, love is something that everybody need in their life. Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of the Part-Time Indian shows exactly that by looking at juniors relationships with people in his life. Junior develops new relationships throughout the novel, but one relationship that Junior puts much of his trust in, is his relationship with Rowdy, despite them having a period of being enemies. Throughout the novel, Junior shows how he treats his relationships with different people. Whether he is with friends or Penelope, or with his family, he acts very different, depending on who they are. Junior says “ [hus] mother and father are the twin suns around which [he] orbit, and [his] world would EXPLODE without them.” To Junior, he views his parents as people who he can’t live without. His relationship with friends …show more content…
After Junior makes the decision to Reardan, and telling Rowdy, he says that “[he] knew that [his] best friend had become [his] worst enemy”. Rowdy saw Junior doing this as a way of Junior saying that he “ always thought [he] was better that [Rowdy]”. This event was also the thing that ended their friendship. But just as it ended, their friendship returned, with both of them coming to a realization. Rowdy tells Junior that he “ always knew [Junior] was going to leave [them] behind and travel the world.” He also tells Junior of his dream of Junior standing on the Great Wall of China.” Saying that “[Junior] looked happy. And [Rowdy] was happy for [him]”. Rowdy and Junior accepted the fact that they wanted different things in their lives, but they were still happy for each other. After their friendship ended so abrupt, Junior and Rowdy were able to restore their relationship just as quickly, while at the same time, realizing what is best for each