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The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part Time Indian Essay

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Nancy Yunganaula Mr.Rodriguez Academic Literacy 21 April 2023 Opportunities and Success Do opportunities come to you or do you have to search for them in order to be successful? The novel The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, takes place in the Spokane Indian reservation near Wellpinit, Washington, and the genre is young adult fiction. During the novel, we perceive how there are opportunities that can affect how successful someone is. More specifically, we see how a few characters take the risk to leave their reservation and find a better life for themselves. In order for you to be successful, you have to work for opportunities that will help you since they won’t come to you so easily if you are doing nothing …show more content…

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. He's aware of his choices, "The Indians around here are going to be angry with you" (Alexie,47). This quote reveals how Junior knows that his action will have consequences, but he still follows through with his decision to leave the reservation and attend school in Reardan because he wants to be successful in his …show more content…

One example is how Junior left the reservation to go to attend school in Rearden to get a better education, even if the people on his reservation weren’t going to approve. However, he still did it because he knew that leaving would bring him opportunities to be successful. His decisions inspire Mary Spirt, who also leaves the reservation with a guy she suddenly marries and goes to Montana with to pursue her dream of becoming a romance writer. However, with Rowdy we see how he didn’t choose to take the opportunity to go to school in Rearden with Junior because he was

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