Sunday, November 3, 2013
#4Name/explain three issues/hurdles junior encounters in his transition to Reardon.(Xavier Marcoux)
In the book "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie the protagonist Junior faces many racial and physical hurdles while transitioning to Reardan. One of the major hurdles he faces is telling his best friend Rowdy who, who has severe anger management problems, that he is transferring schools. As Sherman states," For the first time he saw that I was serious, but he didn't want me to be,"(Alexie 49). This shows that Rowdy really does not want Junior to leave the rez. Later Rowdy beats up Junior. Another is the racial harassment he gets at the school. Sherman states," So what was I doing in racist Reardan."(Alexie 53) Right above this line is the picture of the Reardan mascot which was a red Indian. As it states he asks himself what he was doing at such a racist school. Also the rules about fighting are very different than on the rez. As Roger states," You're an animal,"(Alexie 62) This quote shows that at Reardan it was not okay to fight as oppose to on the rez they fought to show respect to their families. Juniors transition to a new school was way harder than mine was.
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I am glad to hear that your transition to a new school was not as challenging as Arnold’s transition from Wellpinit to Reardan. I was saddened to read about how Arnold was a “human punching bag” (Alexie 62) and how he “went from being a small target in Wellpinit to being a larger target in Reardan.” (Alexie 63) Arnold is also called lots of names including “chief, sitting bull, tonto, red-skin, squaw boy.” He is not used to the life outside of the rez and feels like “somebody had shoved [him] into a rocket ship and blasted [him] into a new planet. [He] was a freaky alien and there was absolutely no way to get home.” (Alexie 66). I sometimes felt out of place when I first came to the United States but it did not take me long to adjust to the new lifestyle. I hope Arnold does the same.
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