Absolutely True Diary Of A Part-Time Indian

A sentence in the fictional book, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie that best describes the book is when Mr. P explicitly tells Juniors that he needs to have and maintain hope, “...you kept your hope. And now, you have to take your hope and go somewhere where other people have hope” (Alexie 43). Mr. P is trying to tell Junior that he needs to be hopeful that his dream will come true, which is to become successful and go against the norm life of an Indian on the rez. After this part of the book the author, Sherman Alexie, begins to add more instances where Junior needs to stay hopeful. Alexie creates many emotional circumstances for Junior which put his hopeful mindset at risk. Junior goes through many ups and downs on the rez that make him second guess his dream of breaking the norm of an adult indian. A developing theme in the story is hope. It seems that hope is crucial to Junior and dream of becoming a non-drunk, successful Indian.

When he opens up the cover of the textbook he sees his mother's name. Junior is so upset that their school is so poor that they are still using books from thirty years ago. Demoralizing thoughts roam through his head while thinks about the rez’s economics. His hope starts to drift away after thinking about the terrible state of the rez: “My hopes and dreams floated up in a mushroom cloud. What do you do when the world has declared nuclear war on you?” (Alexie 31). Junior’s starts to lose hope for his dream of breaking the norm of an indian because of un-advanced and poor the rez is. He needs to maintain his hope and look past the poverty and problems of the rez. If Junior were to give up and lose hope, his future would end up being the exact same way as his parents and most adults on the rez. Hope is a key component to Junior and his future