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An Analysis Of Junior Spirit's The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part-Time Indian

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Junior Spirit from the novel “ The absolutely true diary of a part -time Indian” has many dreams and hopes he wants to achieve. He has to go through many obstacles to get what he desires. The whole novel itself has many different outcomes for a theme but in my opinionn, his dreams are the main one. Junior Spirit is a 14- year old Indian boy who lives with his family and other Indians in the rez. In the rez, Junior is more of an outsider than a popular kid. He always stays in the shadows of everyone else. This all changes in the chapter "hope against hope" when his teacher, Mr.p, has a serious talk with him about his future. Mr. P and he both knew if he continued at the school of the rez, Wellpinit, he would have no chance at anything special. …show more content…

Mr. p was one of the biggest inspirations to juniors actions. If it weren't for him Junior would be stuck at the rez forever and most likely become like all the other adults, drunk and angry. When junior began his journey to achieve his goals at Reardan it was very difficult. He was the only “different” kid there. Different meaning he was the only Indian in a school of white kids. The differences didn't stop junior he continued to fight on despite the glares and judgments he received from others. Junior kept his head held high and kept fighting on and following his dreams. Although not everything was fixed, he also went through an emotional crisis. A few of his family members passed away and this brought him down, he was so depressed he was contemplating to give away everything he had earned. But a voice in the back of his head insisted that he didn't. That voice was Mr. P reminding him what his future would be like if he gave up everything he had fought for. And so he kept going despite everything that was going wrong around him. Soon enough he was the best basketball player and a great student. Mr.P's speech influenced all of Junior's actions for his future. His speech was one of the biggest motivations towards

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