Part-Time Indian Struggles

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian written by Sherman Alexie is a novel that follows the journey of a young Native American boy named Junior, as he transfers to a new school and encounters unknown situations. At the beginning of the book, he struggles with an abundant amount of physical insecurity and sense of inferiority about his basketball skills. Nevertheless, after he transfers to Reardan High School, he forms new friendships and joins the school’s varsity basketball team. Due to these positive influences in his life, Junior gains more confidence in his looks while also becoming more determined and prideful in his basketball gameplay.

Prejudice means on how people judge somebody because of race or religion, an example From the book itself "The Absolutely True Story of a Part-Time Indian," whites were prejudiced to Indians and even the Indians were prejudiced toward the main character, Arnold for switching to a white school. An example to provide that there was prejudice in the novel like when Roger and Penelope thought that people in Arnold 's reservation were rich because there were a lot of casinos in his area, but the truth was that everyone in Arnold 's reservation were alcoholics that lived in poverty. For example, like Arnold 's father, he was an alcoholic and so tired, they wouldn 't have any food to eat for dinner, and they would starve for nearly every night. And going on this, Arnold didn 't tell anybody that he was poor so he would say he was rich and it was released out when he was at the dance and he was asked if he was poor and he responded saying

Junior and the Challenges of Poverty V.S Privilege Poverty in the United States can be found in multiple locations nationwide, it can also be found on a majority of Indian reservations. In the book The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, the main character Junior experiences the harsh realities of poverty. Through the course of the book, Junior goes through a variety of challenges which help him see the similarities and differences of poverty and privilege. He discovers that neither poverty nor privilege defines who an individual is.

On a hot September morning, middle school students from all over Sherwood attended their first day at SMS. A small percent of these students were new to the school, extracted from their recognized and comfortable previous middle school, Laurel Ridge. How did these students persevere? Let us focus on one former Laurel Ridge student’s day. Ryann Miller began her day in the cafeteria searching for a familiar face in the crowd of unfamiliar faces.

In Sherman Alexie “Superman and Me” Alexie who is a three year old Indian boy who he does not know how to read and write. Alexie learned how to read by himself with reading comic books. Alexie got intrested in reading comic books because his father collected them and had plenty at home. Before Alexie knew how to read he would read the comic books but he was not able to understand what he was reading. Instead he would observe the pictures in the comic books and gave him an idea what was going on.

From this point on we see the novel narrated through Junior and we see how he doesn’t have much success or really any opportunity to be successful as he is cramped in a small Native reservation. The accessibility of success as we see in the reservation is scarce for all and especially Junior, he was a shy and small kid that didn’t have much confidence or belief in himself. From their background, many people are hindered at birth because of their upbringing and what kind of upbringing. Junior is raised in a poverty-stricken household with a heavily addicted to alcohol father and both parents depressed that don’t strive to do much in their lives. This is the same for many on the reservation, it is really a trap that hinders everyone and their offspring for generations to come.

He says this during the intense rivalry between his old school, Wellpinit, and his new school, Reardan High School. When Junior says this he means that one event in your life can change the way you are going to live forever. For example, when Junior decides to do something with his life and go to Reardan High School, he changes the path of his education for the better. If Junior stayed on the reservation he was going to go to a bad school and not get a good education. Going your own way can pay off in the long term.

Faced with many obstacles from poverty to racial stereotypes, Junior must override them if he is to make his life better than that of fellow Indians. Interestingly, rather than letting the obstacles hold him back Junior understands that his destiny is in his own hands and he must celebrate who he is even if it means fighting. In the end, we see a boy who have managed to overcome all hardships to get to the top, even if it means making tough choices such as changing schools, therefore is could be seen that race and stereotypes only made Junior

They also discuss how things are difficult on the rez now that Junior is going to school in Reardan. Junior discusses things of importance all the time so he is not conforming to rule three of the Code of Conduct.

In enduring these complex emotions, this section was the most remarkable part. One of the first apparent emotions the boy experiences with the death of his father is loneliness to make this section memorable. The boy expresses this sentiment when he stays with his father described as, “When he came back he knelt beside his father and held his cold hand and said his name over and over again,” (McCarthy 281). The definition of loneliness is, “sadness because one has no friends or company.”

There is a lot of problems in junior's life. Junior gets bullied a lot, and he has to worry about his family dying from alcohol poisoning. There is a couple of good things that happen in Junior’s life. He gets on the basketball team and he gets a girlfriend. There is a lot of ways that junior can get the anger out from getting bullied.

Towards the end of the story Junior faced some terrible tragedies in his family, but he was able to find joy in his time of grieving, and some good came out of that in the end. This is a good book to read

Every individual comes from a different background, raised a certain way, with different characteristics and qualities. The difficulty in a successful relationship, is merging all those together to eventually build a happy life with one another. Jhumpa Lahiri an author from India currently living in New York, wrote the book Interpreter Of Maladies in 1999, as a way of illustrating the differences between Indians and Indian-Americans through a variety of complex relationships. Notably, those are illustrated through her multiple short stories in the context of the couples’ communities and their intercommunication. Lahiri forms a diverse assortment of characters to show the complexity of each individual’s personality while coping with one’s

Influential Identities Each person’s characteristics are rooted within identity. A simple migration can change one’s identity, gradually changing their characteristics. The short story “Interpreter of Maladies” by Jhumpa Lahiri tells the tale of an American family visiting India. The family enlists the help of translator Mr. Kapasi on their trip. Throughout the trip, Mr. Kapasi observes the family, and learns a lot about the family -- from the smallest details to elaborate stories.

Junior undergoes lots of challenges in his life, and he is exhausted as a consequence of many people who matters to him were gone. The author writes that, “It made me think of Rowdy. I missed him so much. I wanted to find him and hug to forgive me for leaving. ”(p180)