Analysis Of The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part Time Indian

For Hercules, this can be seen when "the second labor challenges Hercules to kill another beast: the 9-headed Hydra: the poison-spitting serpent that devours men in one bite. Hercules draws his sword and attacks” (Clash of God Hercules). This shows Hercules tenaciousness because even though Hercules is facing a nine-headed Hydra that can eat men in one bite, Hercules attacks without a doubt. Being so fearless and persistent like this is not what an average human being can do. For Craig Dodson, this can be seen when CNN interviewed Craig Dodson saying, “You've got to meet the kids where they are. It shows them, ‘Look man, like, you're not going to hide. I'm not afraid of you’ If you're not going to show up, I'm going to bang on your door” (Dunn, Working to break the cycle of poverty). This evidence proves that Craig is not afraid to step in the kid's lives, and is very persistent of helping them. Without this kind of heroic quality, Craig Dodson will not be great as now on managing these

"A mentor empowers a person to see a possible future, and make them believe it can be obtained." Mentors and role models are important figures in society, they help people succeed in every which way they choose to endeavor. In general, a good mentor is necessary for someone to dreams like Junior. This is very clear with Junior in the absolutely true diary of a part time Indian. Junior relies on the guidance of his mentors, so they can lead him down a path of success. His geometry teacher, Mr. P, helps Junior to understand the real picture of changing and taking his education at WellPoint. Finally, Grandmother Spirit is a very wise and intelligent grandmother who shares all her wisdom with her grandson. Her thoughts have greatly influenced and shaped Junior into becoming the person who he is at the end of the novel. Junior wants something better for himself and he knows he is not just

Not only is Junior unpopular and alienated, but the victim of taunts and bullying as well. Furthermore, he’s considered a traitor after he transfers to Reardon. At Reardon, he’s called names and endures racial jokes until he finally finds acceptance through basketball and surprisingly finds friends with similar interests. Ultimately, Junior comes to the “huge realization” that not only does he belong to the Spokane Indian tribe, but to no less than 13 additional groups (Basketball players, cartoonists, bookworms, and sons to name a few). It is the first time he knows that he will be “OK”, sending a positive message to readers that identify with his struggles. By reading about characters similar to themselves, young adults can see that their challenges are not unique and are shared by other adolescents (Bucher & Hinton, 2009)

Everyone in life try to figure out they are. Sometimes in life people need to help themselves to improve their life before they can help others. In the story “The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part time Indian” by: Sherman Alexie, a 14 year old boy named, Junior that belongs to a native tribe and lives on a place called the Rez. He is not treated kind on the Rez because he has water in the brain, which makes his head overly large. His was made fun of because of his head.

dian skins, and had paint on their faces, but after reading Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, my views changed. Indians culture is the total opposite of my view before this class. Indians live on reservations, have half the resources we have, speak a different language and try to keep it in their culture, and more. In this class, I watched this video called thirty-days living on the Navajo Indian reservation and a man was saying how the government wouldn’t give them the resources they need. For example, the reservation only gets less than half the water we use each week, That reminds me of chapter 13, “It’s all political,” because it’s a reference of how the reservation doesn’t get the help it needs. Another part in the video is

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie is a novel about Arnold Spirit (Junior), a boy from the Spokane Indian Reservation who decides to attend high school outside the reservation in order to have a better future. During that first year at Reardan High School, Arnold has to find his place at his all-white school, cope with his best friend Rowdy and most of his tribe disowning him, and endure the deaths of his grandmother, his father’s best friend, and his sister. Alexie touches upon issues of identity, otherness, alcoholism, death, and poverty in order to stay true to his characters and the cultures within the story. Through the identification of the role of the self, identity, and social behavior

In the novel The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (2007) Sherman Alexie tells about the hopeful Arnold “Junior” Spirit, a Native American teenager in his first year of high school. This is a novel about hope, and how hard it can be when hope leaves,and how we can use it to persevere in the face of adversity.

A Tribe of Friends People have all kinds of different friends in their lives that can help them in all sorts of ways. In the book, Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian written by Sherman Alexie, Arnold is a disabled indian boy who lives on a reservation but transfers to a white school to get a better education. Although Arnold has many problems in his life, his diverse group of friends, “a Tribe”, that help him overcome these obstacles. Arnold has a very trustworthy friend; Rowdy, his best friend, who lives on the reservation. Arnold describes Rowdy as, “my best human friend and he cares about me, so he would always tell me the truth.”

At first Junior didn't like himself; he was constantly beaten up (but saved by his

In the novel “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian” the main character, Junior never really describes his parents, even though they play an important role in the novel. His parents are often involved in most scenes throughout the story and yet they have a considerable lack of description compared to other characters. Junior’s parents aren’t described as much as they are portrayed through pictures. The majority of the character building for his parents are conversations that they have with him and how they talk to each other.

This rhetorical analysis will bring you through the "How to Fight Monsters" chapter of Sherman Alexie's story : An Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian. This book is a semi-autobiography that won the 2007 U.S. National Book Award For Young People's Literature. This story is about an Indian boy from a poor reservation with an alcoholic father, who wishes for a better life. In order to achieve this better life, Junior decides to move to another school in order to have " hope" for his future. At the opening scene of the story Junior is asking his parents who has the most hope, in his desperate search for a better life. They reply with "white people". This response sparked a drive for a desire for a better life, which intensives the

Society has consequences, individuality is rare to people who are exposed to negativity. Nevertheless society changes people’s thoughts on the way they live. In the novel, “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part -Time Indian” is about a Indian kid named Arnold who faces the judgements of society that has been impacting him in a explicit way of life. In the second novel, “To kill a Mockingbird” is about a young girl named Scout, her father, Atticus is affected by the remarks of his community, however not only does it hurt him but his children also. Last but not least the third novel, “Bruiser” is a story about a teen boy named Brewster that deals with the harmful actions

Developing into a well-rounded adult is a task we are all faced with, relying heavily on the influence of others for guidance. My father, Randy Kobzina, managed to defeat the odds piled against him and become the role model in which I went to for guidance in my own journey towards adulthood. Given the large role my father played in shaping who I am, I 've decided to show tribute to him and some of his accomplishments, which make me proud to not only know him but to be his daughter as well. Randy was born to an alcoholic mother, who showed more interest in her many different husbands than in developing a relationship with her children. Despite growing up in a neglectful household, with no one to show him right from wrong Randy grew up to be a hardworking, dedicated individual who shows such contentment for life. Aside from these qualities he is a genuine person who believes in helping those he cares for. These assets are both unique and admirable.

ransferring to Reardon was a big transition for Junior. He was in school with a lot of other Indians, to just being the only indian in an all white school. Transferring impacted his life in many different ways. Because of how poor the reservation was Junior knew it was time to be different and take his life down another path. In the book, The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie, when he transferred a lot of deaths happened and the amount of friends he had increased because he became more brave and also his academics were better.

Based off many aspects of Junior’s conditions and ethnic background, other people and Junior have expectations of what his future will look like. An internal expectation that Junior has of himself is that he will follow the continuing cycle of his family. He believes he’ll never be able to go after his dreams in life and live on a reservation forever. “But we reservation Indians don’t get to realize our dreams. We don’t get those chances. Or