The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part Time Indian Essay

Reading Response
The book I am reading is The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian By Sherman Alexie. This book focuses on the daily lives of the Indian culture. I picked this novel because it seemed to be an interesting book, as well as I do not care much for reading but the humorous style of the book pulled me to choose it over the others.
Sherman Alexi identifies as an Indigenous American that trails back from several tribes, he grew up on the Spokane Indian Reservation. His book is based off of his own experiences when he lived on the reservation. Sherman wanted to show the reader what it was like through his childhood as he grew up. Where he was an Indian in a place most people didn’t want them. This story was written to show the advancement in his life, to move forward and live a life his parents and himself wanted.
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“I felt guilty for loving him for that. But revenge also feels pretty good.” (Sherman, 22) Arnold Spirit also known as Junior is a very compassionate person throughout this story. He shows that he is humble and kind many times over and over again but in some situations you must say enough is enough and stand up for yourself. Rowdy cutting off the Andrusses eyebrows and braids to stand up for

I was defending Indians, black people, and buffalo.” (Sherman, 65) In this moment Junior had decided enough was enough and he acted it upon himself to strike Roger right in the nose. This advanced his development as now he knows not to let people make fun of him or others. He is someone who cares not just for himself but others that are not there to defend themselves. Junior wanted to make it very clear that he was no longer their target to pick on. And from that point forward no one else will take advantage of him like Roger and his crew of delinquents did. Now he has some self confidence to carry with him on his shoulders that no one can make fun of him and get away with it without a