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The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part-Time Indian And Roll Of Thunder

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According to Laurence Steinberg (2013), adolescence is the psychological and physical development that usually occurs during the age of puberty to adulthood, which is commonly associated with teenagers. Cultural and psychological expressions may begin earlier or end later, though it’s mostly expressed physically. Historically, adolescence has been thought to begin with the onset of various developments but nowadays may begin before teenage years, particularly in the females .Cognitive development and physical growth, as seen in men may extend to early twenties and therefore the chronological age provides a rough transition of the adolescence (Laurence Steinberg, 2013).There are many factors which determine adolescence transition. These include economic standing, gender, ethnicity and many more. In this paper I will use the “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” and “Roll of Thunder” to discuss how the above factors determine the adolescence as well as proving whether adolescence is a universal experience. “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” details junior are decisions on the Spokane Indian Reservation. Upon encouragement to go through a white public school, from a reservation high school teacher in the off reservation town of …show more content…

In addition, Taylor provides some non-racist whites. The novel has a big picture of showing how living as a black could be a learning system of navigating the unfair system without having to crush ones dignity. The book, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, theme of racism also stands out among the adolescence and teenagers. Throughout the book, it is clear that Logans are enduring many challenges of living in a white dominated community. For example, at school, black children are only allowed to use books which have been declared useless by the

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