Rowdy Research Paper

In Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Junior is a young American Indian that is shy and has low self-esteem, and has a few issues physically and his surroundings. He has a best friend named Rowdy. Rowdy is rude and has no emotion to any situation. What many people at the reservation don’t know is that Rowdy and Junior have real problems at home with their parents. The differences between Rowdy and Junior are the family and the personalities.

The setting gives the effect of having things look up for Junior, and the purpose is he has been broken down so many times. He moved schools, had no friends at a point, fought for friends, and had people that were close to him die. His whole life he's had every right to be cynical. At points in the book, he is not the happiest person in the world, but he perseveres. At this point in the book he is seeing that he has the choice to continue to be cynical, but he is not. His whole life he has had water in his head, gets beat up and put down by almost everyone, and has only one true friend. He is finding out that those people are just "jerks" and there are people that truly care about him like Gordy and Penelope at Reardan. He realizes that for

Junior is one of those kids at school who people hate, due to the fact that he is obnoxious to people for no reason. He is only friends with Stan, Kat, and his girlfriend Juliana. She doesn't want to

Junior the protagonist of True Diary of a Part Time Indian by Sherman Alexie is currently struggling with an abundance of issues ranging all the way from a poverty driven home to medical issues he was born into. It seems to me, that all of juniors problems he was born into and unable to change for example he was born into poverty and he was born indian, setting him up for the racism he would soon enough face and he was born with too much cerebral fluid in his brain. That's not to say all of his problems came along with birth and he was just born to be plagued with, but majority of them stemmed from birth.

“ I felt important with a pen in my hand. I feel like I might grow up to be somebody important. An artist. Maybe a famous artist. Maybe a rich artist”(6). Everyone has a dream job that they’ve always wanted to have. Junior has a dream to be an artist. He encourages that dream by leaving the reservation and going to Rearden, he is breaking out of his small town shell to become more successful. He enjoys creating cartoons because it makes him feel special. He likes to portray how he feels in cartoons, instead of words because images are limitless. Junior dreams of being someone important and not just a small town Indian. Junior lives his current life in poverty and he wants to be rich when he is older.

Mr. P describes Junior as a fighter, and is the one who ignites the spark that encourages him to leave the rez. Junior’s devotion towards fitting in starts in the rez, but when he realizes no one pays attention to him, but Rowdy, he leaves for Reardan. At school, no one notices him until later on in the book.

Shocked. Dumbstruck. Outraged. How can this happen? I thought my troubles with Sir Toby was horrifying enough, but now this? Are we that cruel to our fellow mankind?!

Ruff Ruff! The dog gets in a prancing position to take down the visitor and protect her owner. Then the boy who is being targeted by the dog shuts the bathroom door and faces the hairy beast. The now scared dog, turns around and whimpers, begging to escape. The boy opens up the door and the dog dashes down the stairs and hides in her bed. The boy’s heart was racing because he could have had severe injuries if his plan would have failed.

I predict that Raymond will become a runner like Squeaky. Because Raymond has seen Squeaky run every day. And from him just seeing what Squeaky does to prepare for a race \.Also I think he will be a good runner because squeaky. ‘looked over the fence and saw Raymond with his arms down to his side and his palms tucked be hide him running in his own’. So Raymond knows how to warm up before a race. And the reason why is cause he has just seen Squeaky do that before a race. And just seeing her doing it practicing at home .To were now he knows how to warm up for a race..

Support is something that every person needs in order to stay sane. It could be an activity, person, or object, but everyone needs some sort of support system. In the book The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, Junior is a boy who lives on a reservation. He has many people who support him, including Rowdy, Penelope, Coach, and his Oscar. However as old relationships crumble and new relationships begin when Junior decides to transfer schools to go to Reardan, his parents are there for him every step of the way.

For examples his grandma died because of of drunk driver and her only wish is for her family to forgive the drunk driver who killed her. To hold the anger and pain of losing someone who taught you everything is terrible thing and the persistence to keep moving forward and forgiving was difficult for junior. Another example is that junior suffer from brain damage when he was born and if he get hit hard enough he can die but it doesn't stop him. Throughout the story he getting beat up and get into fight and yet he still alive. To think he can die any minute but that doesn't stop him from living his life. Junior is also very empathic and understanding. Living on the reservation is tough task and he understand how his fellow tribal members feel. Not being able to make in the white world and living in poverty. His best friends get beat by his dad, junior understand and there best friend he help him escape from

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

There are many options when you want to change the fletchings on you arrows. There is the Fob, PLastic Fetch Max, Blazer, Turbo Nock, Fusion, FF 418, feathers Quickspin, Aero Vain, and Twister Nock. The Fob is one of the popular choices because when it makes contact with something it will fall off and not brake. The FF418 and Quickspin are also popular because the make the arrow spin faster and it hits the target faster. People like feathers for their arrows to besides when it rains because they don’t fly the way they are suppose to when the are dry.

The most important way he dealt with the downs in his life, was with his humor. Junior has always used humor in his life to deal with any problems. He tries to find the good in

J.T. – is a male African – American sixteen-year-old who always gets in trouble. He is a good-looking guy and is great at playing basketball. J.T. tries his best to take care of his mother without causing more trouble for others. He has had a bad history; however, he seems to have learned from his mistakes and is now working for a better future. In the story, he felt very sad for having to fight Peaches and promises to repay her for her help with his mother.