"The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian"
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Book Summary Arnold, aka Junior, introduces his hardscrabble life on the Spokane Indian reservation in the first chapter called The Black-Eye-of-the-Month Club. Through his “absolutely true” diary, Arnold describes his impediments and vulnerabilities, the biggest of which is living on a reservation where he is a zero with a zero future. A pivotal conversation with a teacher spurs Arnold to make a daring life choice—to attend an all-white school miles from the reservation. His rocky start there, riddled with stereotypes and misunderstandings, slowly develops into surprising friendships and successes in academics and basketball. Meanwhile, his family life is shattered by deaths, poverty, and alcoholism.
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Analysis: Drinking Problems in Reservations To become addicted to alcohol has different reasons. Having problems is one of them.
Banned Book Club: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Because Sherman Alexie writes about sexual awareness and awakening in The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, one could understand why parents, librarians, school administrators and even some students deem the book as inappropriate. To suggest the book for a more mature audience might seem reasonable enough. The reality is that the main character, Arnold, is a freshman in high school and speaks in a relatable voice for young adults. The situations in the book correlate to real world experiences of high school aged people. As Alexie says, “I write books for teenagers because I vividly remember what it felt like to be teen facing everyday and epic dangers. I don’t write to protect them.
Life on the Reservations
National Archives Geronimo (on the right) and his son waiting for a train that transported them and other Apache prisoners to Florida, in 1886. After being forced off their native lands, many American Indians found life to be most difficult. Beginning in the first half of the 19th century, federal policy dictated that certain tribes be confined to fixed land plots to continue their traditional ways of life. The problems with this approach were manifold.
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Personal Assignments kantschueler1 Summary: Chapter 16: Rowdy Gives Me Advice about Love Analysis: Arnold’s parents Creative 2: Write a dialogue between Junior’s mum and dad in which they discuss whether Junior should be allowed to visit Reardan High School kantschueler2
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From broken homes to a broken system
Unlike in Pine Ridge and other reservations, there is no barbed wire surrounding the center. Inside, students learn to carve in a woodshop, work out in a gymnasium and participate in “smudging,” a ceremony of burning sage and cedar to cleanse a person and keep away negative spirits and energy. The Wanbli Wiconi Tipi Youth Wellness and Renewal Center, located on the Rosebud Reservation, houses about 250 teenagers each year and is run by Miskoo Petite, who grew up in the community.
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The other residential school runaways
His name was Phillip Swain, but the people who loved that little boy never called him Phillip. He was “Bean,” even to Mom and Dad. All these decades later, nobody quite remembers who thought up the nickname, or why it fit so well. All that’s certain is it stuck. Bean’s 12-year-old body, frozen to death, was discovered on Dec. 5, 1970—“by chance,” as a coroner later wrote.
