Journal #1 - Identity In the book, The True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, it talks about an Indian fourteen year old boy named Arnold Spirit Jr. and what his life was like when he made the most significant decision in his life, leaving his Spokane reservation. Throughout the book, he had struggled in finding his identity. Though, there are things that he does identify himself with. On page 4, “And if you’re fourteen years old, like me, and you’re still stuttering and lisping, then
book, The Absolutely True Diary of Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, a boy named Arnold, aka Junior goes through many obstacles in order to become the kind of person that he wants to be, and not be defined by the people whom he’s surrounded by. One of these obstacles is overcoming his fears and attending Reardan High School, a school that is full of white kids who basically
In dedication of Absolutely True Diary Part Time Indian by Sherman Alexies, he wrote “For Wellpinit and Reardan, my hometown”. This quote symbolizes the entire book about how both towns are the home of Arnold Sprite and Sherman Alexie. Through the two homes Arnold was able to find his identity and learned how home is not the only place where one is born, but it is also a place where one belongs. Furthermore, through Absolutely True Diary Part Time Indian it taught us home is not a specific place
Sruti Mohan Mr. Dean Literary Explorations I 10 October 2014 The Journey of Acceptance Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, tells the story of Junior, a curious boy interested in exploring the world outside of his reservation. Because of his wildly different physical appearance many people on his reservation underestimate him, and often times he is hurt. In going to Reardan, Junior seeks acceptance that he is unable to receive at the reservation. At Reardan, he is able to
The Absolutely True diary of a Part-Time Indian” by Sherman Alexie is about the life of Junior “Arnold” Spirit a 14 year old freshman in high school who lives in a poverty-stricken reservation in Washington named Spokane. Most of the people in the reservation abuse alcohol and drugs to hide their pain. However, Arnold is an extremely clever student at Wellpinit High school, but can’t reach his potential due to how deprived the reservation and school is of money and proper resources. Arnold was extremely
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian written by Sherman Alexie based on his own life experiences explores the differences and journey of a warm hearted and misunderstood protagonist Arnold ‘junior’ Spirit during his first year at high school. Living on the Spokane Indian reservation Alexie highlights the cultural and psychological highs and lows through friendship, racism and poverty from living on the reservation that is a place of stagnation. ‘Junior’ discovers the lack of education
Alexie, Sherman, and Ellen Forney. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian. New York: Little, Brown, 2007. Print. Sherman and Forney’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian is a novel that centers on Arnold Spirit Jr, a Native American 14 –year-old that suffers from a variety of health complications that stem from a condition known as hydrocephalus. Hydrocephalus causes Junior to stutter, lisp, and have a small stature—qualities that cause Junior to regularly experience bullying
All this happened in 1 year in the life of Arnold Spirit. In the book, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, a boy overcomes his internal problems, and realizes the racial divide outside of the rez. He powers through the difficult switch between Wellpinit and Reardan with the help of friends that he makes along the way. Arnold, a teenager on a small, depressed Indian reservation held on to hope and endured endless loss which shows how finding
to our families, people we admire, or other groups. In the novel The Absolutely True Story of a Part-Time Indian Junior also had an identity crisis. He had to choose either having the potential for success in the American community or in poverty with little potential on his reservation. However, Junior learned through his friends and experiences that there is not a fine line between being Spokane Indian or American and he can be his own person. Junior moved to the American school at the advisement
Experiencing new things can be occasionally challenging, but when overcoming the, challenges it can always makes a person stronger. In the novel, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie. A young boy named, Junior who was born with too much cerebral spinal fluid in his skull. That caused him with countless problems. His whole family lived on a reservation. Where it portrays him as an outcast. He’s constantly getting picked on beaten up by almost everyone, who lives on the