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Analysis: The Absoutly True Diray Of A Part-Time Indian

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Art is very powerful you just do not notice how powerful it is. So the book The Absoutly True Diray Of A Part-Time Indian is a very good book. So let me tell you a little bit about the book so there is a boy named Joinor aka Arnold and there is a friend named Rowdy and they both have a love for basketball. They have been throgh soom good times and some bad times but they have allways been friends and they live on a poor reservation. This essay is about that art is powerful.

Art is a really good way of communicating because anyone can look at a drawing and say o look that is a flower! “I draw because words are too unpredictable”(Alexie 5). One used this quote because it is really true that words are to unpredictable. “I draw because I

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