Absolutely True Diary Of A Part Time Indian Analysis

the Absolutely True diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie, is about a young boy name Junior, who life gets affected with racism and alcoholism. He was a part time Indian that left his Rez to go to a school for Rich people even though he was very poor. During the time he was there, he is treated different then everyone just because he was an Indian. His family and friends were affected by alcohol and junior realized that alcoholism and racism affected family, friends, and the community around him. All around the world people has had a defect with a family members that know or have been affected by alcohol related deaths and Junior was one of them. During the time he was at his new school, he had learned that his grandma had gotten hit by a car and the car that person who hit her was drunk. Junior was affected and so was the community because everyone loved his Grandma, she was very Jovial and so charismatic. When Junior was so sad and angry he started to get very depressed and Junior

We are always judging people and thinking we are better than they are. When Junior finally leaves the Rez, and goes to Rearden all the boy think they are better than him and make fun of him. Even if you don’t like that person you never know what they are going through, just like the boys didn’t know what Junior was going through. He lost his best friend, he didn’t have any friends at the new school, and his dad didn’t care about him. One day when he was at school Roger asked Junior if he wanted to hear a joke and Roger says, “Did you know that Indians are living proof that niggers fuck buffalo?’ I felt like Roger had kicked me in the face. That was the most racist thing I has ever heard in my life” (Alexie 64). Not only Junior but a lot of other people in the world have to deal with awful mean jokes that make people feel so bad and racism affected Junior a