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Analysis Of The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part Time Indian

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A Boy Who Wants What 's Best For Him

In, "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie, is about a boy called Junior who’s struggling his way to fit in the Indian world and the white world. Both Junior and I survived through all the pain even though we had little support to keep us moving and chasing our goals and never giving up. Junior has a goal and he thinks leaving the Rez will help Junior be more successful in life so he switches school to a white school called Wellpinit and leaves his old school Reardan High School and now the Rez treat Junior as a outcast or a part time Indian on the Rez.

Junior’s teacher Mr. P advises Junior to leave the Rez and tells Junior he deserves better and not to give up. "You have

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