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The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part Time Indian Analysis

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Fiction yet Reality Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is a true representation of the Indian culture because it shows issues that are prevalent in modern day reservations. Although the novel is fiction, the author, Alexie, uses real life experiences to depict the harsh world living on the reservation. The book touches on the struggles of poverty and alcoholism in Junior’s life similar to the issues on real reservations. Junior’s reservation experiences poverty in the novel similar to real life Indians. Junior is excited to start high school until he receives a geometry book that once belonged to his mother as he emphasizes,“How horrible is that? My school and my tribe are so poor and sad that we have to study
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