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The Absolutely True Diary Of Part Time Indian Analysis

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In the novel “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian” the main theme is poverty. The source is related to poverty because the narrator (Junior) is sensing a great deal of agony as if he has lost his culture, language, tradition, and basic identifiable aspects that make up the person that Junior is. He believes that because of his beliefs, he can not have the same rights that every other “white” has. It impacts his identity because he can not be a part of the environment he is living in and he feels that he is “stupid and ugly” just because he and his Indian perspectives are not the same as the “whites”. He is facing a loss of hope and feels that “you have to act white to make your life better”. (source 4) This source portrays the
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