When Reardan plays Wellpinit High in basketball, the Indians boo him the whole game, a race riot nearly breaks out. Arnold’s best friend even turns his back on him. Everyone believes that Arnold feels superior to the rest of the Indians now that he goes to a “white” school filled with computers and new text books. His “rez toughness” gained him some respect to even land him a spot on the varsity basketball team.īut back at home, he can’t win back the loves of his neighbors. He is the only Native American there and he fears that he will become a victim of the big bulky jocks. He transfer to from Wellpit to Rearden High school, 22 miles away where a bunch of wealthy white kids attend. “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” follows Arnold on his journey from leaving the reservation. The is the beginning of Arnold’s journey to seek truth and strength. “The only thing you kids are being taught is how to give up,” Mr. He tells Arnold to leave the reservations because he has seen to many promising students - such as Arnold’s sister, Mary Runs Away - fade year by year, beaten down by poverty and hopelessness. P) who was hit with the book, appears at Arnold's home, Arnold was absolutely afraid that his teacher would beat him up like other kids did. “That is absolutely the saddest thing in the world.” When the teacher (Mr. “My school and my tribe are so poor and sad that we have to study from the same dang books our parents studied from,” Arnold says. One day in school, Junior beams his geometry book at the teacher and gets suspended from school. Everyone single person is living in poverty, there’s so much death, hunger, addictions, and a great lack of education. However, life on the reservation is very difficult. The only way Arnold can have a perfect life is through the cartoons he draws. It seems that a person like him would be an outcast and no one would like him, but he has one best friend who will always be there for him, Rowdy.
Junior was born with many medical problems and everyone picks on him for that. This book puts readers in the shoes of the Native Americans, you get to know their struggles and how it has affected every aspect of their lives.Īrnold Spirit (a.k.a Junior) is a young Native American boy growing up on the Spokane Reservation.
A New York Ties Best Seller, The Absolutely True Dairy of a Part Time Indian, is one of Sherman Alexie best books yet.
Written by Sherman Alexie, he has explored the tense struggle between the white and Indian worlds for 15 years. The Absolutely True Dairy of a Part Time Indian is a story of a young “nomad” in a quest to find truth, strength, and to gain what he deserves.
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