Praj C.’s Reviews > The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian > Status Update
Praj C.
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118-144 I think one of the social issues in this book is identity because Junior is living in two vastly different towns. One, where the society is poor, drunk, and full of Indian, while the other one is more middle class and full of whites. Both the societies are somewhat bringing him down because the Indian reservation calls him a betrayer for going to a white town, and Reardan, where many people discriminated him.
— May 30, 2017 07:48PM
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Praj C.
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10 min 221-230 I think Junior had his favorite moments w/ Rowdy. Reasons are they share a passion, and that is basketball. At the end of the book, they played one on one for hours which means that they don't want to leave and want to relive the old times. Rowdy said that Junior was the nomadic one in the rez, he was saying that he was different from other people and will travel the world unlike others from the rez.
— Jun 04, 2017 06:21AM
Praj C.
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I think the reason why Junior can adapt to the Reardan society is that he made a lot of friends there are people who feel compassion for him. He knows that there are other people who have experiences and lives the same as him. For example, there are people who are poor, cartoonists, etc. like him. This is probably why he found friends that are nice to him.
— Jun 02, 2017 12:43AM
Praj C.
is on page 209 of 230
144-209 I think the author purposely tries to make Junior be one of the most unluckiest people. Ex. By writing that his sister and grandmother died, and both were related to alchohol. I think many people in the rez gave up on their lives because they never went to collage or find a well-payed job. This is probably why a majority of the people are drunk. Junior had to live in this environment for his whole life.
— May 31, 2017 07:34AM
Praj C.
is on page 118 of 230
98-118 25 min I think that the reason why the teachers and people started to pay more attention to Junior is because he and Penelope are dating. Since Penelope is popular and smart, Junior started to fit in because she convinced her friends that he is actually pretty hot. I don't think they are actually dating, but Penelope feeling sad for him, so she decided to get close to him.
— May 28, 2017 05:22AM
Praj C.
is on page 98 of 230
78-98 I think that it was a good idea that Junior's sister married someone because she could start a new life and be active. Before, she wanted to be a romantic novelist, but decided to give up on her dreams and stayed in the basement of her house for her whole life. Until, she married that man which made her want to apply for a job, meet with new people, and live a happier life.
— May 28, 2017 05:19AM
Praj C.
is on page 78 of 230
44-78 30 min I think that Penelope acts nice to Junior during Halloween and really rude at school because her friends might have a negative view of him and she was trying to fit in with them. However, when nobody was with her at Halloween, she acts nice because nobody will tease her about hanging out with an Indian.
— May 22, 2017 07:21PM
Praj C.
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9-44 30 min I think that Mr. P is trying to give Junior a chance to become someone great. He got let down and battled all his life. From the brain surgeries to the constant bullying, he still kept on going and Mr. P sees in Junior hope for a better future and not become his whole family such as his sister, who got the chance to become a writer but didn't because of her surrounding environment in the rez.
— May 18, 2017 06:35AM
Praj C.
is on page 9 of 230
5 min I think that the social issue in this book is bullying and fitting in. Because of his large head and feet and his disability, people at the rez teased him because of it. This is hard for him to fit in because everyone is letting him down and excluding him.
— May 15, 2017 07:34AM
