Author: fgschueler16

Summary Chapter 9+ 10

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The  novel “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian”, written by Sherman Alexie and published 2009 by Klett, deals with a boy named Arnold Spirit, but his nickname is Junior. He is a boy who is living  on a reservation, but he changed schools and now he is a pupil at a white school, which is not on the rez.

The Chapter 9 “Grandmother Gives Me Some Advice” (p.78-83) is about a dialoge between Junior and his Grandmother. Junior is opening his heart to his Grandmother over his hestiation against Roger. He sais that he punshed Roger in his face. Now he is scared  because Roger did not hit him back. His Grandmother respons that maybe Roger respects him. Just like a pack wild dogs. At the next  day Junior goes with Eugene, his father’s best friend, to school. Junior is afraid that Roger punshes him, but Roger just asks him about Eugene and afterwoods leaves. In the end Junior is saying “Hi” to Penelope but she ignores him.

The Chapter 10 “Tears of a Clown” (p.84-85) is about the past of Junior. It deals with his first love and tells it Rowdy. It gets clear that Rowdy is his best friend.

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In this Comment I will dicuss, wether I believe that Arnold could become rich and famous.

First I will state the con arguments. The first argument against to be famous and rich is his life in the rez. He must leave the rez to get a good education to become famous and rich. With that, he has disabilities wich could be a problem for him. Because of that he does not want to speak truly about his feelings.

On the other hand, his disabiliies could help him to get famous and rich. The people who do not live on the rez like people who are different. He draw quite interesting. It is not the type of drawing you expect. He is a person who wants to tell the world something. And trough his drawings it gets clear what he wants to tell. Arnold also has the oppotunity to leave the rez. Then maybe he is not getting bullied and he will get self-confident.

In my opinion, Arnold could become famous and rich. He is not an ordinary guy, and that makes him special. A special artist is alway loved by others. He will get fans, more fans. His drawings could become big because he draws different, but it looks very good. His drawings look as if the were the truth.