This dialogue is about the discussion of Junior’s mum and dad in which they decide if Junior should be allowed to visit Reardan High School or not.

(M)other: So.. our son wants to transfer to Reardan High. I am so confused.

(F)ather: I know how you feel about it, I feel very unsure what would be the best way to help him to get a good live and career. But if I had tjhe chance  to transfer to reardan I would feel so much better than wasting time in this place whithout any future!

M: I want my son to be welcome and comfortable there. He should feel included and have the opportunity to live his dreams . He totally should go there.. or not?

F: Now that you said that he should be welcome there, I don’t think that it is a good idea anymore!!!!

M:What? Why would you say that? It is so obvious that parents want their children to feel comfortable around new people!

F:That is not what I am talking about. You are absolutely right. I just worry about him being ignored and excluded there eventhough he isn’t popular in our school.

M:Me too..me too! But he has nothing to loose right? I mean he has so much potentialwhich shouldn’t overlooked and ignored. We should at leat let him try his best and be there for him if he feels strange at his new school..

F: Well, I guess this is his one and only chance to escape from the rez and become strong and independent to live a wealthy,happy life!

M: YES!! Totally.

F: okay now that we’ve solved this problem, we can relax and be proud of our son.

M: I already am. I love my children.The most important point is that he should have parents wo don’t care about him. So this is our chance!

F: Absolutely!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In this text , I am going to analyse Arnolds’s parents.

To begin with, one gets to know Arnolds parents’ names as ‘Mr. and Mrs. Spirit. This is done in order to the reader to get a mysterious impression of them. Living in the reservation, not having much money and being Indian are Arnold and his familys’ struggels.His parents have two children. Junior and his older sister. His parents had big dreams concerning their careers. His mother dreamed of becoming a teacher and his father wanted  to become a famous musician. Unfortunately, their families didn’t care about them back then. Being poor frustrates them very much because they can’t make their lives   better. Therefore, they  try their best to make junior’s  the best possible.

They became alcoholics because of their extreme sadness but they are always encouraging of their son.They are not abusive like Rowdy’s parents. Juniors never got hit by his parents. Moreover, another bad habbit of Arnolds’ father is that he goes to the casino drunk and gambles away their last money eventhough he knows that they have yet insufficient money.

Apart from this, his mother has areally well working memory. She loves reading books and remembes everything very well. His father is a talented guy as well because he can play the guitar and the piano a little bit and he can sing well.

They are more or less traditional indians. As Junior wants to transfer to Reardan, they originally were against it. However, they changed their minds and thought it iss good for their son to take this chance so they are proud of their son.

All in all, one can say that Arnolds’ parents are quite sad people who got disappointed in their lives which makes them lapsed and hopeless. However they are poor,sad and disappointed of their lives, they put all their left-over hope and expectations of life in their two children and try to help them getting the best future possible.

In the following, Iam going to summarize the 16th chapter of the novel ‘ The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian’ by Sherman Alexie.

Arnold is at school watching Penelope play volleyball against the girls from Davenport Lady Gorillas. However Arnold’s beautiful Penelope and her team loose, he still is focused on Penelope playing volleyball. He is facsinated by her and talks about her skin colour and compares it to a vanilla cake. Because of Junior wanting him and Penelope being a couple, he even adds him as the chocolate topping on her being compared to an vanilla cake.Junior is obviously very confused about what he should do about his feelings. That’s why he decides  write an email to Rowdy asking  for an advice. In his email, Junior talks about Penelope by calling her ‘a white girl’. Therefore, Rowdy rapidly gets angry at Indians treating white women like ‘ bowling trophies’. He also seems as if he is still angry at Junior leaving the rez. As a result of it, Arnold decides to ask Gordy about how he could get penelope to be in love with him. Gordy who does research on the internet ends up telling Junior about an article about hundreds of mexican girls disappearing. Gordy believes that Junior is a racist which is the reason why junior notices the similarity between Rowdy and Gordy.

What’s up diary?

I have to tell you about what happend to me today.. I spotted – hold your hat – JUNIOR’S CARTOON! Well yeah, I normally like his cartoons ‘cuz they are funny and stuff but this one was a bit different..maybe more than a bit, I believe. He illustrates himself in a overly-exaggerated-ugly  way by drawing all his disabilities very dramaticallly. This got me shocked, even if  I am well aware of his problems concerning self confidence. His cartoon told me how he really feels and thinks  about his circumstances and himself secretly. Junior told me that words are too limited to express what one wants to say. I have to admit that this one drawing was extremely expressive and I am feelig sad and kind of guilty for him. However I am super happy about the fact he has found a way to overcome the limit of explaining or more precisely illustraiting himself. Man, poverty, his disabilities like stuttering and lisping the rez… this combination must bother him more than I’ve imagened. I am not being fooled , I know he exaggerates but this idea has his backround thoughts as wee which shouldn’t be forgotten..this cool, talented retard is my best friend and my brother from another mother!! I will try harder to show this guy how much I care about him and what a nice friend he is;)

See ya, Rowdie