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The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part-Time Indian By Sherman Alexie

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Rowdy was an upstander but also a bully and a brave person in the book “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian” written by Sherman Alexie. Rowdy was the best friend of Junior , the main character of the novel. Rowdy helps Junior by protecting him. Rowdy was a good friend to Junior since the Andruss brothers who were triplets and about 30 years old hit Junior and Rowdy wasn't scared of them even if they were older than him. Rowdy did whatever he could to keep his relationship with Junior. Rowdy showed this by fighting Junior’s bullies. “ Rowdy snuck in, shaved off their eyebrows, and cut off their braids.”, As noted on page 22 which shows that Rowdy was an upstander because he didn’t let anyone get away with what they did to Junior. Their relationship was odd because Junior was the most picked on person and Rowdy was the biggest person who picked on other kids. …show more content…

It seemed like he wasn’t self-centered;not a egomaniac person because it was like he might had been jealous of what the people he hit since he always seemed to never be happy. When the author states“ Bang! Rowdy punched me. Bang! I hit the ground. Bang!My nose bled like a firework.” on page 52, Rowdy hit Junior because he was moving schools and Rowdy got mad at him because he wasn’t going to have a best friend at school. This evidence clearly shows that he was a bully since he almost seemed to demoralize Junior and his decisions about going to a better school that would benefit him, he discourage Junior by hurting him physically at times when he felt like he would never stop stomping; he was very

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