Review Of Sherman Alexie's The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part-Time Indian

She went from living in her nice community home to surviving in the woods and sleeping in a wigwam. You can really lose sight of who you are when your surroundings change quickly and drastically. These “savages” as she referred to them as made her life a living hell. Mary considered the world beautiful in the past because she was an at home wife that didn’t have to live under any difficult conditions. This was her first time actually being held without food for several days.

In 1813, John died, Mary never remarried again. She worked as servant for the rest of her life. People described her as a short, heavy-set woman who had an abrupt manner. She loved children and was a tender, careful nurse to the sick. Mary McCauley did have a rough side, however.

Five days later, her six-year-old daughter died of an illness. During her captivity, Mary became very religious and learned to adjust, but unfortunately she was a stubborn and selfish person as well. Mary had always been somewhat religious, but once captured and held captive, she became very religious. “One of the Indians that came from Medfield fight,

Mary Ann is the girlfriend of Mark Fossie who is brought in for a visit, however this visit is the start to her obsession with the war. Mary Anne had a normal life with normal goals before she was dropped into the war. O’Brien says, “From the sixth grade on they had known for a fact that someday they would be married, and live in a fine gingerbread house near Lake Erie, and have three healthy yellow-haired children, and grow old together, and no doubt die in each other's arms and be buried in the same walnut casket.” (94) A regular teenage girl with regular visions of the future arrives to aid the hurt and before she know it these goals are just a blurry memory of her old innocent childhood. This girl who had only come down for a visit soon sees the life of Vietnamese culture and learns more, at this point it's seen as just a fun learning experience.

Mary not only had grown as an intellectual, but so had her independent stance in the world. Soon after she had graduated from medical school, she married the man in whom she loved and opened her own private practice. Mary still aspired to have a larger role among the community. After offering her business to the government, she applied for a role in the U.S. Army, however, she was denied and instead offered the

Mary is a retired English teacher who dedicates at least 20 hours of her time each week for the past 40 years to the American Red Cross. Along with publishing her first book of poems she recently received the volunteer of the year award. I think as a 100-year-old Western New York native a profile

“You come over clean and you get dirty and then afterward it’s never the same. A question of degree. Some make it intact, some don’t make it at all.” (109) This quote is saying that people who are in the war go in as one type of person, but when they come back out they change and become a different person and it doesn’t depend on if they are male or female. This is the exact thing that happened with Mary Anne.

The author Miller shows her as outcast which explains the need for Mary to be dependent on others all the time. Mary says, “What’s got her? Abby she is going to die! It’s a sin to conjure, and we-” then Abigail says “I say shut it, Mary warren!”

Mary immigrated from Ireland in during the late 1800’s and lived with her aunt and uncle until she found steady work. Mary began her career as a cook in New York City, working for some of the wealthiest families. While working for those families, a short time after her employment, members of the family and other workers who lived in the home

The author finally uses Mary’s character to show how something so simple like temptation of a taboo can lead a reoccuring theme in history. An example would be, “Abigail, now staring full front as though hypnotized, and mimicking the exact tone of Mary Warren’s cry: She sees nothin’!Mary Warren, pleading: Abby, you mustn’t! Abigail AND All THE Girls, all transfixed:

As she becomes engaged in the war Mary Anne evolves to embrace the savage beauty of the land and is lured by the mysteriousness of war. Mary Anne’s presence represents a semblance of normalcy and beauty, contrasting with the harsh realities and horror of combat. This beauty lies in her determination to follow her heart despite the dangers surrounding her. Her interest with Vietnamese culture and integration into their way of life reveals both the allure and the terrifying consequences of war. The beauty lies in her curiosity and willingness to embrace new experiences, even in the midst of a war zone.

She turned into a savage, by learning to kill without a weapon and to hunt in the dark, she channeled the “far side of herself” (O’Brien 109). “Sometimes I want to eat at this place. The whole country— the dirt, the death—I just want to swallow it and have it there inside me” (O’Brien 106). For Mary Anne, the effects of war have altered her mind, which is through her sense of belonging to the

Her mother died shortly after her birth leaving her father to care for her and her half-sister, Fanny Imlay. The dynamic of her family soon changed when her father remarried. Mary was treated poorly by her new stepmother, and her quality of life was less than satisfactory. Her step-siblings were allowed to receive an education while Mary stayed at home. She found comfort in reading, and created stories in her father’s library.

Throughout the poem, the readers can see a clear contrast between Mary and Warren’s beliefs. Warren represents the more rational part of human nature ,and Mary represents mercy and sympathy. Due to the difference of their ideologies, Mary and Warren look at the same things with different perspectives. In the beginning of the poem, Mary says to Warren, “Be kind. (Beers, p.829)”

Mary believed that she could not; on her own ask for forgiveness of sins from the priest because she lacked adult vocabulary. She had committed a cardinal sin by having an affair with Graham she stole her happiness and killed her conscience by not coming to church for forgiveness of adultery. Mary as the rising action reaches its end goes through major changes in her life. She challenged Bernie’s advice which was that it was good decision for her to commit adultery, in response to Nick`s deeds. Mary’s decision to be against her friend’s advice forms part of physical conflict.