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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. ENG 4CI. Author. Sherman Alexie - Born Oct. 7th 1966 - A poet, novelist, and filmmaker - He draws on his experience as a Native American using the ancestry of several reserves and his experience growing up on the Spokane Indian Reserve.

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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

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  1. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian ENG 4CI

  2. Author Sherman Alexie - Born Oct. 7th 1966 - A poet, novelist, and filmmaker - He draws on his experience as a Native American using the ancestry of several reserves and his experience growing up on the Spokane Indian Reserve

  3. Plot Summary • “The Absolutely True Diary” is a first person narrative by a Native American teenager named Arnold Spirit Jr. also known as Junior. • Arnold is a 14 year old budding cartoonist.

  4. The book is considered to be a ‘bildungsroman’ (a coming of age story) that details Arnold’s life on the Spokane Indian Reservation. • He chooses to leave and go to school off of the reservation and go to school in a town called Reardan in Washington. • The novel has 65 cartoons completed by Ellen Forney, they sometimes act as punchlines to Arnold’s jokes, reveal things about characters and the plot

  5. Controversial Issues in the Novel • Alcohol • Poverty • Bullying • Homosexuality • Violence • Sex • Tragic deaths • Profanities

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