Absolutely True Diary Of Part Time Indian Analysis

When you get older you mature, you start to act like an adult, but is it that easy to mature when you have no one around you to encourage you and help you out? In the book The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, Junior as a teenager grows up with his drunk father and ex drunk mother who are no help at all to Junior but Junior begins to mature from the encouragement from his teacher Mr. P and finally knows what it feels like to be important with the help of his girlfriend Penelope and his basketball coach and teammates. In Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian Junior matures as a result of the relationships he develops with his teachers, friends, and teammates. Junior, the protagonist, was more independent. He did not really have his father at home all the time with him. He was away, somewhere,

His mother was home, but she gave up because of Junior’s sister who lived in their basement all alone. Junior never had anyone who encouraged him as much as Mr. P did who was his geometry teacher when he was still at the reservation (Rez). On the first day of high school Junior threw his geometry textbook, at Mr. P. He got suspended, but the next day, he got a visit from Mr. P. Mr. P explained to Junior that “You were right to throw that book at me. I deserved to get smashed in the face for what I’ve done to Indians.” This quotation tells us that Mr. P accepts that Junior threw the book at his face, he is not happy about it, but he says he deserves to be punished for what he have done to Indians in his past. He wants Junior to be treated properly and wants the best for Junior. Mr. P does not want Junior to give up like the rest of the kids at the rez did. “You can’t give up. You won’t give up. You threw that book in my face because somewhere inside you refuse to give up.” Mr. P knows Junior can go far but if he stays at Rez than all the other kids who have already given up will influence Junior to do the same.