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Absolutely True Diary Of A Part-Time Indian

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Junior endeavors through various misadventures throughout the novel. Through the book The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part-Time Indian written by Sherman Alexie, Junior, the protagonist, learned many beneficial and valuable lessons from all of the new friends and acquaintances he meets amid his ventures through Reardan High School and basketball. Junior, typically, was a somewhat lonely kid living on the reservation. He constantly got bullied and only had one really close friend: Rowdy. Junior and Rowdy are, and always have been very close friends. They are polar opposites from each other. This leads to them having lots to learn from one another. Junior and Rowdy near the start of the book, have a major argument leading …show more content…

"What?" she asked. "It feels good, doesn't it?" "What feels good?" "It feels good to help people, doesn't it?" I asked. "Yes," she said. "Yes, it does." ” Finally, Being poor isn’t always easy, and sometimes, it can be viewed as somewhat embarrassing or frowned upon by others. This was the case for Junior. He didn’t want anybody to know he was poor. He even drew himself a chart showing his excuses for not being poor. Junior does this because all of the other kids families at Reardan are exceptionally wealthy and he doesn’t want to feel different or possibly inferior to the others. He also worries that the other kids will not accept him as a friend if they find out he is poor. When he finally reveals that he is poor to Penelope, the response he gets is not what he expects. She is supportive of him and Junior describes it as “I figured she was going to march out of my life right then. But she didn't. Instead she kissed me. On the cheek. I guess poor guys don't get kissed on the lips.” In Wellpinit school, Junior was the only kid who had hope and cared about

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