The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is a title that applies to Junior and comes with consequences. Junior lost the respect of most people in the reservation and he lost his best friend Rowdy when he decided to go to Reardon. Alexie makes this conflict see more silly than it actually is by using humor to cover the seriousness of it up. It actually is a good strategy for the young audience she is writing this book for.
Junior's time at Reardon is not too much better than his time at the reservation. The only person who seems to care about him is Gordy. Gordy is like the nerdy and white version of Rowdy. I feel that Gordy is a representation of the opposite of what Junior thinks the white people at Reardon will treat him like. Gordy is accepting of Junior and likes to hang out to with Junior and they are both outsiders because Gordy is super smart and Junior is an Indian. Alexie does a good job with creating special relationship and interactions between Junior and other characters like his sister, Rowdy, his dad, his grandmother, Penelope, the reservation, and all of the people at Reardon. Alexis's message is starting to get clearer through these relationships and I'm excited to see the full picture once we finish reading.
I like your connection between the Indian reservation and his new school. I would agree that Alexie is great at making interactions work.
ReplyDeleteI like how you give a little summary, but it's not too much, but enough to understand. I also like how you represent what Gordy is and you prove it.
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