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Absolutely True Diary Part Time Indian Analysis

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In the novel,Absolutely True Diary Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Axle,Arnold spirit, the protagonist, is a nerdy kid with health problems.Arnold has big hands and a big head that many people make fun of him for.Also, he is so smart that he has to act dumb so that Indians won’t know how smart he is.‘’like he said in the book that I have to look dumb near them so that they will now that i don 't belong’’.Arnold has health problems because he said that it happens to him in the beginning of the book.All of this information is important because these are the main characteristics of him. Rowdy has many good qualities like his strength and his anger issues.Rowdy has lots of strength because he is always behind junior back all of the time.Also,this is

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