Which in many ways is a heartbreaking way to feel. Alcoholic and struggling to make ends meet with very little education. As far as he knew Junior believed that he was going to grow up and be like his dad and the other men on the reservation. This really shows not only how inferior to the white race that Junior feels but also that hope never existed in his life before. We really get a firsthand look when Junior draws a picture of a white unicorn and says “I don’t know if hope is white, but I do know that for me is like some mythical creature” pg (51). Many characters in the book express more than once that whites had a better chance to become something better than the Indian or any other race. We also see how Junior believes that hope also relays on ones race. This quote really shows how little the people on the reservation had hope on themselves and others.įor the kids in the book this really showed how not even the teachers had any hope in a great majority of their kids, which is pretty taboo in the modern world where most teachers are all about hope in their students. “No teacher had ever said anything so nice… to me” pg (41). At one point in the story we see this loss of hope when Junior is talking to his teacher after he throws the book at the teacher’s face. After being knocked off their feet for so many times you would’ve expected for someone to at least try to hold on to some form of hope, doesn’t happen. During the story we see how Junior and his family/friends all start off with little hope at all.

Sherman Alexie and the main character Junior help us see the lost of hope through junior’s diary entry, his drawing and himself. Throughout the novel Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, we are able to see many different themes, the biggest being hope. Junior gassed in wonder at her beauty, blond hair and blue eyes he had never seen anything so beautiful. The only good part of the day was meeting Penelope.

It was opposite of his family, and it was opposite of him. His first day at Reardan was tough Reardan was the opposite of school back on the REZ. Well up in till the day Junior changed schools, everyone on the REZ hated Junior they looked at him like he was some sort of trader or bad person. Rowdy was junior’s secret keeper, he also beat anyone up that tried to hurt Junior and was all ways there for him. But having a best friend like Rowdy made things a little bit easier. Having parents that drank all the time, and spend money that junior’s family did not have on Alcohol made it hard for him to have clean clothes, and a new outfit to wear now and then. Being the weirdest and least popular kid, life in the REZ must have been tough. P talks Junior into getting out of the REZ the only option Junior has, is to travel twenty three miles to Reardan and attend school with the white kids.

The part time indian