The Absolute True Diary Of A Part-Time Indian Sparknotes

Fatima Chica

Mr. Rodriguez

Academic Lit.

21 April, 2023

Analysis Essay of The Absolute True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Many may say that where one may come from or cultural backgrounds influence the ways others see one, and one may possibly feel lonely or like an outsider. The book The Absolute True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, is young adult literature, which takes place on the Spokane reservation and Reardean in Washington State. Protagonist Arnold Spirit Jr. learned a different view on the Rez, and sees that he should leave it in order to succeed in life. Therefore, Arnold decides to leave Wellpinit Tribal school on the rez, and transfers to Reardan, taking place in an all-white fancy town miles from the Rez. Initially

In the book, True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, it says, “You fought off that brain surgery. You fought off those seizures, you fought off all the drunks and drug addicts. You kept your hope. And now, you have to take your hope and go somewhere where other people have hope.” I was starting to understand. He was a math teacher. I had to add my hope to somebody else's hope. I had to multiply hope by hope. “Where is hope?” I asked. “Who has hope?” “Son,” Mr. P said. “You're going to find more and more hope the farther and farther you walk away from this sad, sad, sad reservation”(Alexie 43). Mr. P, is telling Junior to leave the reservation, that Junior still has hope however he has to take advantage of the hope he still has to be able to succeed and get somewhere. Junior realizes that leaving the reservation is the way to succeed with his life. With living on the reservation, opportunities are limited or scarce, being where Junior is, most, if not all, have lost their hope, the hope to succeed or to get

In the book, True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, it says, “She went searching for her dreams, and she didn't find them, but she made the attempt. And I was making the attempt, too. And maybe it would kill me, too, but I knew that staying on the rez would have killed me, too. It all made me cry for my sister. It made me cry for myself. But I was crying for my tribe, too. I was crying because I knew five or ten or fifteen more Spokanes would die during the next year, and that most of them would die because of booze. I cried because so many of my fellow tribal members were slowly killing themselves and I wanted them to live. I wanted them to get strong and get sober and get the hell off the rez. It's a weird thing. Reservations were meant to be prisons, you know? Indians were supposed to move onto reservations and die. We were supposed to disappear”(Alexie 216). Mary had progressed, although she was Native American, one can see how she decided to pick herself out and get out of the Rez. “And maybe it would kill me, too, but I knew that staying on the rez would have killed me, too.” One is able to see how Junior realizes that he too has to leave the Rez with the hope that he still has. Natives have lost hope, and with staying on the reservation this would eventually leave them to “death”. The act of Mary leaving the Rez shows how valued the influence