The True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

In Search of Goal Do you think looking forward and trying to change a bad site into a good one for having a outperform heart is a wrong decision? The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian is a novel written by Sherman Alexie. The novel is about Arnold Spirit everyone c whollys him Junior. He is a teenage boy with a tough life who lives with his family in poverty on a Spokane Indian reservation in Wellpinit, Washington. He hates living in poverty and wants something better for himself. I feel like I might grow up to be somebody important.An artist(6) he claims. His living conditions are horrible he studies in a school with a lack of resources. He considered the different aspects of moving to Reardan, he struggled about leaving the Rez. In the end Junior decided to leave the Rez and make a better life for himself. He must go somewhere else, somewhere that people have hope. In order to get a decent education he made the difficult decision to transfer to the privileged w striki nge school in the town of Reardan. Leaving the Rez for a better life had a negatively charged impact on Juniors relationship with yob.Junior and hooligan were mavens for a long time. He is my best human friend and he cares about me (16), Rowdy has protected me since we were born (17). Rowdy was the most important person in Juniors life. By leaving the Rez, Junior unconnected his friend. When Junior told Rowdy about leaving the Rez he got mad, he hauls off and punched Junior in the face and told him, Dont touch me, you retarded fag (52). Rowdy was baseless with Junior he thought Junior betrayed him by making this decision.Junior was upset about what happened he tangle guilty that their relationship was ruined. I k peeled that my best friend had become my worst enemy(53). In sum, Junior lost his best friend Rowdy because of the decision that he made for a better life. In addition to losing his old friend making new friends at Reardan was hard and slow. When Junior arrived in R eardan he was scared. He didnt k presently what was going to happen with the different students. He was wondering what he was doing in a racist white school. Did you know that Indians are living proof that niggers fuck buffalo? I felt that Roger had kicked me in the face. That was the most racist thing I d ever heard in my life (64) He tried to protect himself when he hit Roger, and he didnt understand why Roger didnt try to hit him back. He was scared about the decision that he made. Arnold was the center of attention and this touch modality made him uncomfortable, They stared at me like I was Bigfoot or a UFO (56). Most of the students rejected him, they called him names like Chief Squaw Boy Tonto (64).It was the loneliest time of his life I just walked from class to class alone I sat at launch alone during PE I stood in the corner of the gym and contend catch with myself (83). He thought that he could make friends, but Reardan students didnt want him in their school. He felt really lonely. As a result, Arnold was lost because everything in Reardan was different from the Rez he knew that it would be hard for him to find his place in the racist school of Reardan. Although he had a lot of external problems with his new life style in Reardan, it was nothing compared to the internal conflict he suffered.Toward the end of the novel Junior was faced with an abundance of death among his family and friends. After the death of his grandmother, sister and his fathers best friend he was sad, and felt that all the bad things that happened to his friend and family were his fault. As a result he felt helpless and stupid I was mad at God (171). I was so depressed that I thought about dropping out of Reardan. I thought about going back to Wellpinit. I blamed myself for all of the death. I had cursed my family.I had left the tribe, and had broken something inside all of us, and I was now being punished for that (173). He carried the guilt of his sisters death I had kill ed my sister. Well, I hadnt killed her. But she only got married so quick and left the Rez because I had left the Rez first. She had burned to death because I had decided that I wanted to spend my life with white people. It was all my fault (211). He took on the burden of responsibility for the death of his sister she was killed in an accident when she was drunk what happened to her wasnt Juniors fault.As result, he was terrified of losing his father, Please God, delight dont kill my daddy (203). Then Junior got some guidance from his father and some words of encouragement from his mother, and Junior began to understand that he made the change in his life for the better. Junior wasnt the reason her sister died, but he had inspired her to follow her dreams as well. The upshot of all this is that, Juniors decision about leaving the Rez and moving to Reardan for a better education was tough.He faced lot of problems he felt lonely because of losing his best friend, and afraid of death of his tribe and family. Although he suffered from the entire bad things that happened to him, it was the best decision that he had made for his life. I realized that I might be a lonely Indian boy, but I was not alone in my loneliness. There were millions of other Americans who had left their birthplaces in search of a dream (217). Work cited Alexie, Sherman. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. New York Little, 2009. Print.