The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part-Time Indian

“For every adult, there are dwells, the child that was, and in every child, there is lies, the adult that will be.” This adage was excerpted from the author of The Book of Lost Things, John Connolly. Mr. Connolly states that in every adult there was once a child and in every child, they are soon to become an adult and fit in with a rather crooked world. Childhood and adulthood can easily contrast, but they scarcely correspond. Emotion, innocence, and maturity discriminate the two phases in life we consider childhood and adulthood.

Although adolescence and maturity roughly compare, a particular memoir cultivates this claim. This memoir, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, correlates the stages in our existence by revealing the

This account is bolstered by a children’s novel, Peter Pan. Peter Pan, supports this theory by showing the views of a child by the name of Peter Pan. This particular boy chooses not to grow up and to continue his childlike and his grimming activities for as long as he should live. Extracted from page sixty-four, “When they seem to be growing up, which is against the rules” (Barrie 64). This example was found to help confirm that children have different rules and expectations from adults, who are more formal. These children believed that it was wrong to grow up because their image of growing up was that they had higher expectations, and did not want to be too sophisticated for any of their regular activities. Peter made it a rule not to become a man so that he and the lost boys would stay young and innocent forever. Recorded on page one-hundred-thirty-eight, “But of course he cared very much; and he was so full of wrath against grown-ups, who, as usual, were spoiling everything” (Barrie 138). Peter believed that adults spoiled everything because it was beneath their dignity to participate in activities such as climbing a tree. They spoil events because they find reasons to counteract certain ideas that a child may have. Peter Pan wanted no part of this instinct so he remained a child. Indicated on page eleven, “Occasionally in her travels through her