Analysis Of The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part-Time Indian

Native Americans in the media beforehand were interpreted by people who weren’t Indians and were often including Indian stereotypes. That was until Sherman Alexie written The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian and the realistic lives of Indian is told, which incorporates all of the Indian’s struggle to achieve their dream with no hope to have, except for 1. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is a book based on the author’s life and set in the point of view of one Indian whose name is Junior. He lives on a reservation called the Spokane Indian Reservation and would stay there to do everything there, including school. That is until he makes the choice to transfer to a white people’s school called Reardan and that’s when

Almost everybody on the rez would hate him for what he had done. Now Junior has to survive a middle school that is filled with mostly white people. There is also a poem called Hope is the thing with feathers by Emily Dickinson is a poem that compares a bird as a piece of hope and how it is so powerful, going through dangerous places and never stops. Junior’s story and characteristics can connect to the poem Hope is the thing with feathers because how both the bird and Junior would act during devastating situations and how they feel.

Junior’s story can be connected to the poem because of the fact that the problems the bird are similar to Junior’s problems in the rez because of how it obstructs their intended goal. In the story Hope is the thing with feathers, the poem told about how the bird was going through a storm and how dangerous is that it 's as, “…Sore must be the storm- That could abash the little bird-” (Dickinson 6-7) It exhibits how

The obvious and strongest detail that both stories would show is how both characters are hopeful and determined. An example of this is the whole first stanza of the poem, which explained how, “‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers - That perches in the soul - And sings the tune without the words - And never stops - at all -” (Dickinson 1-4) The whole stanza connects back to the main point because it describes the bird’s characteristics such as how the bird never stops and is all around strong, which is a connection to hope. This is because of how hope can be very strong and would always last and never stops, just like how Junior is like. Even though Junior doesn’t think of him highly by calling himself ‘goofy looking’ and a ‘retard’, he still has one goal that he want’s, to be noticed by the world. He would do anything in order for the world to look up to him, which is why when his family was in the house, Junior said that: “I want to go to Reardan.” (Alexie 46) This can really connect back to the main point because of how firm he was when he said that. No funny jokes like Junior usually do, not even any other words that he was saying. He was just saying that in a matter that he would feel hopeful to follow and achieve his dreams. And dreams like those in Junior’s condition would be impossible considering the fact that almost all the Indians would