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“The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” by Sherman Alexie
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Novel by Sherman Alexie
Pages: 230
Illustrator: Ellen Forney
Narrator The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is narrated by Arnold Spirit, Jr. The novel unfolds like a diary, with each entry (except the first, which narrates Junior’s early childhood) narrated just after it is meant to have occurred.
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian ends in Chapter 30 with a one-on-one basketball game between Arnold and Rowdy. Their conversation during the play has a whole lot to do with reconciling the two ways that Arnold sees himself and with finding a brand new identity that both he and Rowdy can accept.
The main themes in The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian are alienation, friendship, and death. Alienation: Junior becomes a “part-time” Indian, and he is alienated by both his Indian friends’ and his white friends’ inability to understand the unique struggles he faces as he straddles both worlds.Oct 26, 2018
