The School Board says you should not read this book!
Censoring Sherman Alexie’s book “The Absolutely True Story of a Part Time Indian” may not be detrimental to the author, and it may even be an appropriate act. It is the job of our schools and educators to open young minds to new ideas, while taking care to protect the innocence of the child. Doing this successfully may be a difficult undertaking for our educators as we are asking them to draw a fine line between childhood innocence and the awareness of worldly things. In the handling of this book I believe the censors have done their job.
Censorship is the suppression of free speech, but we may at times need to use censorship for
Junior’s life was terrible at Wellpinit High school in Wellpinit, Washington. The education was inadequate, the resources were outdated, and the students matched the hopelessness of the place. If everyone had the privilege of being born into a positive place like the community at Reardan High School, then their lives would be very different. After his Geometry teacher, Junior decides to attend Reardan High School to receive a better education and escape temporarily from his hopeless life at the Reservation.a In public health, the concept of where an individual lives, works, learns, and plays is important because it determines the health and wellness for someone like Junior. In The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie,
Censorship is the assassination of ideas. It causes people to be ignorant which makes them not pay any attention to the world around them. Many people see what is happening right in front of them but choose to not direct their attention, not knowing if something terrible is going on. Censorship conceals all the things that would make people have their own voice. It prevents all of the ideas that are made from people to be heard.
Censorship is a concept with several different meanings. To each individual censorship has its own meaning. Is it a violation of our rights or is it a protection for our well being? Censorship in the generic sense refers to the suppression of information, ideas, or opinions. It occurs in all forms of communication from technological media to print media. Each society, culture, or individual's belief is violated by the codes of censorship that our society instills.
In The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, Junior experiences a journey throughout his life by changing schools from Wellpinit to Reardan. His journey included some changes that he had to adjust too. Junior was experiencing a difficult experience and he had to overcome problems that he had. Junior got through it which was great because it was not expected especially since he was indian.
I believe that in order to enjoy life, one must always maintain a happy state for their whole life. Although, I might not suffer too much, but, other people may be suffering for their whole lives. This real-world application also applies to The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian by Sherman Alexie with Junior. Junior suffers from hatred and losses, but yet somehow he manages to stay happy.
Essay Alcohol abuse is when someone miuses alcohol and they have no contral. Alcohol abuse is important problem because it ruins family relationship. Also it can make the victim of drinking very depressed. In Sherman Alexie's "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian"it is about a boy named junior and he is an Spokone Indian.
Some parents oppose having their children exposed to fiction that doesn’t have a happy ending, teach a moral lesson, or provide noble role models. If these and other individual preferences were legitimate criteria for censoring materials used in school, the curriculum would narrow to including only the least controversial and probably least relevant material. It would hardly address students’ real concerns, satisfy their curiosity, or prepare them for life
In the US alone, there are more than 10,000 books challenged each year. Sherman Alexie’s novel, the Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, has not only been challenged but successfully banned in many states. In this book, a poor Native American boy named Junior is living with his family on an Indian reservation, hoping for a better future. To achieve this, he must leave the reservation and betray his community. Junior transfers to Reardan High School and gives us personal insight on how Indians are really treated. Nevertheless, the story has been challenged and banned for what people believe to be its sexism, racism, bullying, vulgarness, explicit language, violence, and the use of drugs/ alcohol. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian should not be banned because it exposes young adults to the reality of bullying, racism, and stereotypes in an educational manner.
I enjoyed reading Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. Reading about Junior’s life brought back memories of how I got into Allied in the first place. Just like Junior: I knew I had to leave my home town’s school system to attain a better life in the future. Unlike, Junior, who had Mr. P to introduce him to the world outside of the reservation, I had to discover a high school that was not my home high school, Matawan Aberdeen Regional High School. When I found out about the Academy of Allied Health and Science, I was very excited that there was a school where teenagers could explore the medical field without the fees of college. Unfortunately for Junior and I, we had to lose a close friend in the process of leaving
Censorship as defined by Wikipedia is “the suppression of speech or deletion of communicative material which
Censorship is not necessary. People in this society get offended easily. Free thoughts are repressed through censorship even though it is made to protect the society by restraining obscenities or to restrict political views.
Have you ever lost someone or something like a privilege; become hurt or angry and refused to let anyone help you? Well, you may want to think that over. Junior and Teo From The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian and from The Lightning Queen have both suffered losses. Junior, is an indian living on a reservation. Education from him was not great, and he let one of the teachers know it when he got a textbook with his mother’s name in it. In maybe not the calmest manner, he throws the book at his teacher. But that teacher stayed by his side and encouraged him to go to the white school so he could get a better education. So, he went. And it turned out better for him then he would have ever expected. Teo, lost his sister to a storm. His
In the book, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian the main character Arnold (Junior) is struggling to find his true identity, he transfers from an all Indian school on a reservation, to a predominantly white school, and his tribesmen do not take kindly to his decision. Arnold has a tough time at first in the school, until he finds friends in the “jocks”. In his first game back on the reservation, Arnold is struck in the head by a quarter, and once he returns to play, he is given a concussion by his former best friend, Rowdy (fitting name). Arnold continues the season as a mediocre player, but comes up big when they play his former high school back at home. Later on, Arnold struggles handling the deaths of three characters, his
Colin Powell once said, “A dream doesn’t become a reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.” Sherman Alexie, author or The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, a story about an Indian teenager who does the unthinkable of switching from the school on his reservation to the white school a while away to better his education and future, would agree with this quote, because in my opinion it captures the essence of the hardships and continued determination the main character, Arnold, faces. In this book, Alexie portrays the idea that to better your life and future, you need to take leaps, regardless of obstacles.
Censorship is defined by Caso as the suppression of speech or any other public communication which may be considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive politically incorrect as determined by the government or any other control body (3). Censorship may be justified from the conservative view whereby the free speech can be maltreated where it undermines the customary principles and communal solidity as withheld by a particular community.