P convinces Junior to transfer to Reardan High School, sensing a degree of precociousness in the young teenager. Angered and saddened by the fact that the reservation is so poor that it cannot afford new textbooks, Junior violently throws the book, which hits Mr. P, his geometry teacher, passes him his textbook, he sees his mother's name in it and realizes how old the book must be. Junior's first day of high school is pivotal to the plot of the novel. Despite his intimidating role, Rowdy often stands up for Junior and they bond by enjoying kids' comics. Junior's only friend is his best friend Rowdy, who is abused at home and is known as a bully on the reservation. When Junior's dog Oscar gets a heat stroke, his father must put him down (by, tragically, shooting him) because they cannot afford to take him to a veterinarian. Junior's family is extremely poor and has limited access to opportunities. As a result, Junior has always been picked on by other people on the reservation. The Absolutely True Diary begins by introducing Junior's birth defects: he was born with hydrocephalus and therefore is small for his age and suffers from seizures, poor eyesight, stuttering, and a lisp. It includes both Junior's written record of his life and his cartoon drawings, some of them comically commenting on his situations, and others more seriously depicting important people in his life. It is told in diary style, moving from the start of the school year to the beginning of summer. The book follows a fourteen-year-old Arnold Spirit Jr., also known as "Junior", living with his family on the Spokane Indian Reservation near Wellpinit, Washington. 6 Historical trauma of the Spokane Indians.As a result, dozens of schools have challenged it, and some schools have banned the book from school libraries or inclusion in curricula. Controversy stems from the novel's depiction of alcohol, poverty, bullying, violence, sexuality, profanity and slurs related to homosexuality and mental disability. Īlthough critically acclaimed, The Absolutely True Diary has also been the subject of controversy and has consistently appeared on the annual list of frequently challenged books since 2008, becoming the most frequently challenged book from 2010 to 2019. The graphic novel includes 65 comic illustrations that help further the plot. The book is about Junior's life on the Spokane Indian Reservation and his decision to go to a nearly all- white public high school away from the reservation. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is a first-person narrative novel by Sherman Alexie, from the perspective of a Native American teenager, Arnold Spirit Jr., also known as "Junior", a 14-year-old promising cartoonist.
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