In life you have many choices. One of which is deciding whether or not you are going to succeed or fail in life. In other words, choosing to stay hopeful or not. In the “Absolute True Diary of a Part- Time Indian” Junior goes through many situations where hope is needed. The author Sherman Alexie puts Junior as well as other characters in situations to make those hard decisions.
It becomes clear that Gordy has joy when reading books as he sees each one as a mystery. Both Gordy and Junior are smart and like books, but Junior sees books differently from Gordy. After being taught how to read and understand books by Gordy, Junior begins to think of his older sister who loves romance novels, as she takes them seriously. Realizing how his sister sees books, Junior realizes that “if every
The jury convicted a man of color guilty though there was more evidence supporting him as innocent. This book gives one example of what people of color faced while fighting for civil rights. In the book, a little boy named Jem has a conversation with his father about how he feels the jury was unfair to convict the man. His father states “as you grow older, you’ll see white men cheat black men every day of your life, but let me tell you something and don’t you forget it—whenever a white man does that to a black man, no matter who he is, how rich he is, or how fine a family he come from, that white man is trash”(Atticus pg 295). Atticus teaches Jem about not treating people differently because of the color of their skin.
The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part-Time Indian Essay "A mentor empowers a person to see a possible future, and make them believe it can be obtained”-Shaun Hithcock. Mentors and role models are important figures in society, they help people succeed in every which way they choose to endeavor. In general, a good mentor is necessary for someone who likes to dream fantasies. This is very clear with Junior in The Absolute Truth Diary Of A Part Time Indian by Sherman Alexie Junior relies on the guidance of his mentors, so they can motivate him and lead him to become successful, His geometry teacher, Mr.P, helps Junior to understand the real picture of changing and taking his education at Wellpinit. In addition, to his
As bullying becomes worse and many people don’t take it seriously, I believe more people need to understand how bad bullying is for someone. Bullying can take a toll on someone. Bullying can also have a long-term effect on a person’s health. As in the novel, The Absolute True Diary As A Part-Time Indian, bullying is a main focus in literature just like in real life. The novel shows interactions between a kid named Junior and how he deals with bullying as a Native American.
The Path to Identity People often say they know who they are when they really don’t. Some people just don’t care, but the ones that do, the ones that are willing to go the extra mile to find out, those are the people that will be successful in life. To find out who you really are, you need to be persistent because life will throw everything it has at you to keep you from being successful but you need to be willing to go the extra mile to make it. In the book Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian by Alexie Sherman Arnold perseveres through numerous hardships on his path to identity.
The novel Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian, By Sherman Alexie it show how Indians or African Americans struggle with who they are and who they want to be. Arnold learns how to live through and with his struggles because of how his friends accepted and helped him. In this book Alexie shows how all of Arnold’s friends helped him through different aspects in life. If he didn’t have those friends than his life would have been so much harder.
Sherman Alexie wrote The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian to convey a mood by making its readers feel the anger and sadness that others who experience stereotypes feel and how that eventually results in implicit bias and prejudice. One harmful reality for Native Americans is implicit bias that has resulted from stereotypes. Implicit bias is a type of bias that influences judgments, how you act, and decisions even if it happens unknowingly(NIH). In chapter 1, “The Black-Eye-of-the-Month Club”, Juniors dentist gave him less pain meds because he believed that Indians felt less pain. To show how he felt about this and how the dentist said it, Junior wrote”Our white dentist believed that Indians felt less pain so he gave us half the
“Let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die. ”2 Paul the Apostle was quite the writer of classical quotes, as this one can be used to illustrate the constant struggle of the Native Americans living in reservations as well as the Corinthians he wrote to. Throughout their lives, Native Americans often fall prey to alcoholism and the challenges that come with it. This issue will be approached through the usage and explanation of three main arguments: Firstly, by looking at the protagonist’s family in The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian3, and secondly, by considering the Spokane community as a whole in the same book, and lastly, by reflecting on the real-life situation, it is possible to paint a clear picture of alcohol’s role in Native
When looking in the face of a challenge, having a little success on the side of that could help you continue facing that challenge and gain confidence. Sherman Alexie’s book “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian” explains a lot of ‘Real-World' problems in a mature perspective. Taking Arnold, and putting him through events that happen to people in that ‘real-world’. In The Absolutely True Diary of a accomplishments Indian, Sherman Alexie uses three significant events in junior's life to illustrate the ability to believe in yourself, or the fact that small successes can lead to confidence.
From the beginning, Junior's grandmother has always believed in him and stood by him. When Junior went to Reardan, his grandmother was the only one who thought it was a good idea. She was someone he could always rely on. Sadly, while she was walking home from a mini powwow she was struck and killed by a drunk driver. But before she died she had said “forgive him”, talking about the driver that injured her, as she was always wanting peace in the world.
Risks are taken when there is a low chance of success and hope can either help or tear one apart. In The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, Junior, the main character, thinks that it is best for him to go to a different school off of the reservation. He decides to go to Reardan, a school full of racist, rich, and mean white kids. He wants to attend the school because it is one of the best academically and athletically in the state. Putting himself on the line is risky for Junior, but it will help him follow his hopes and dreams.
Actions that people make are followed up with consequences that may not only affect them, but others around them. In the book The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Junior/Arnold sees this for himself. Many consequences that affected him were a direct involvement with alcohol. For example, his Dad, his Sister, and even his own Grandmother. Two of these consequences ended terribly, with death.
Furthermore, Junior has slowly become a survivor by learning from all his mistakes and stories written down in his diary. For one thing, Junior has broken the Native American stereotypes cycle such as poor, uneducated, dumb, none successful, and continuing. On the other hand, Junior proved that he is the opposite of those things and is instead smart, talented, brave, successful, and continuing. Comparing Junior from the beginning of the novel to the ending, he has changed from this weak and scared boy to a strong and powerless person who never gave up on
This is unusual for both the reservation and Junior since this can be seen by many people as him being a traitor. But, this doesn’t stop him from missing the opportunity to get a better education in a white town. Junior wishes to have a better education, "I want to go to Reardan, I said" (Alexie, 45). The quote shows that he's learned that he can't get the best education while staying on the reservation. He wants to be different from everyone else but in a positive way.
