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Part-Time Indian Themes

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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie shares many themes with young adults. The entire book is mainly about Arnold ( Junior ) and his “journey” about being half indian. Also shows his friendship with Rowdy his best friend. One of the themes is friendship has positive and negative sides of friendships. “ He knew he blown it. He knew he 'd fallen for a little head fake. He knew he could do nothing to stop my jumper. So guess what I did? I stuck my tongue out like Michael Jordan. I mocked him. “ That piece showed a negative in their friendship because junior mocked rowdy of messing up when he stopped for three pointer to win the game. “ I was reading this book about old time Indians about how we used to being nomadic.

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