This part of the story makes me think about people who belong to a community but dosn’t feel like they are a part of it anymore, someone with no sanctuary.

“I was half indian in one place and half white in the other. I felt like i belong to wellpinit but im not respected there but i also belong in reardan with penelope but i know i dont belong there. This is what it feels like to be someone without anywhere to go.”

“Later that night, at home, i grew more saddened about the loss of my best friend, Rowdy. He was always there to talk to and now i dont have anyone. I would wish for my relationship with gordy to fill the void Rowdy’s left, but i know that noone could ever replace him.”

I try to fill Rowdy’s void with penelope but i still cant get her to love me. My life shattering with every step i take further from rowdy. He was always the one to hold me together in one piece, metaphorically and physically.

This chapter is about Junior dressing up as a homeless person.

Yes, but it is also about Junior showing us that essentially he is similar to a homeless person in that he is also poor and in need.

Racism In The Book:

-The classmates at reardan

-The teachers at reardan

-Gets discriminated by society in general; the way he talks

I think the worst case is from his classmates because peer pressure can put him into depression and they won’t be apprehended because thet is what the rest of the society thinks aswell.

I think that the racism in education has the most responsibility towards Junior because it is the only thing that could possibly raise him, in other peoples eyes, to the level of the rest of the white population.

Junior exoeriences institutional racism.

The absolutely true diary of a part time indian is about a boy named Junior who leaves his home to go to an all white school.

Yes, but it is also about how the majority oppress unfamiliar cultures.

Bait = Explicit

Deeper meaning = Implicit

This chapter is about Junior going to his new school and getting bullied. He gets called something racist and gets into his first fistfight there.

yes, but it is also about him atanding up for his culture and buffalo.

no, it is more about him being ignored by all the boys and girls in school.

yes, but it is also about him not being too scared to get help with bullies.

no, it is more about him getting used to a new place and not quite fitting in.

I think Explicit is a bait fact but implicit is something maybe implied but not said.

native americans – poor, oppressed, no rights

white americans – rich, repressed,  rights

native americans are oppressed because the white americans have sent teachers to take away their culture and make them more like white americans.

I think Junior is trying to be serious in saying that the white people have luxury and the native americans have nothing and a bad future aswell.

Chapter Summary (How to fight monsters)

Junior goes to reardan for school and he gets bullied verbally. He is ignored by most boys and girls but there are a few kids who pick on him. Junior gets offended by a racist and he punches him but the kid dosn’t fight back.

I think Mr P cares about the narrator because he knows that the americans are trying to keep them down and keep them seperate. He thinks that the narrator is a bright kid and he is able enough to leave the rez and show the americans that they arn’t bad people. He thinks the narrator can make a life and succeed.

This book is about the narrator, and we dont know his name, and he lives in a rezovation for native indians. He tells us about his best friend is called Rowdy. He gets beaten up a lot because he had brain damage and has physical deformities.

Rowley and the narrator have similar families in that they both are alcaholics and rowley’s are abusive to him.

The narrator is a smart kid who likes school and has no friends apartfrom Rowdy who is like his bodyguard as he is mad and strong. They were born on the same day and have a great bond between themselves.

The narrator is in eighth grade and he has a teacher named mister P. He breaks his nose and then the teacher opens up about his earlier life and the narrator’s sister.

Rowdy And The Narrator’s Relationship:

-Best friends “You are my hero.”

-Rowdy has someone to talk to “He is the only person who listens to me.”

-The narrator gets accepted for who he is and protection from bullies “Rowdy has protected me since I was born.”

-They both have mental problems. “I was born all broken and twisted, and he was born mad.”

– Both pairs of parents are alcoholics and abusive. “My parents are drunks, too but they arnt mean like that.”

-they were born the the same day.  “both of us were pushed into the world on november 5th, 1992.”

-Theyre both different people

In this essay I will be exploring the book called ‘The Arrival’. This book has no words so you have to think about each picture’s meaning and what message Shaun Tan is trying to convey. Shaun is trying to get people to think of ‘the bigger picture’ in life and to help out other refugees and immigrants. His book mimics the story of a single migrant leaving their country to go to another. His book is powerful in this way because he shows us what happens to real men and women but he does it in a way that you subconsciously notice it and store it in your mind. I will be examining six of the pictures Shaun created for his book.

This Grid of pictures is of some immigrants. The amount of them and the variety shows us that this is extremely common with men, women, and all races. I think Shaun Tan chose to draw this as a grid because it shows us that this is something to be expected; as the opposite ( one picture ) would convey the sense that immigration is uncommon. The thing all these people have in common is that they are all dishevelled and look quite depressed now that they are alone in a place that they have no bearings with. This is why I think Shaun Tan chose to draw a picture like this.

This picture illustrates six household items which you might take if you were to migrate. Each of them represent something that will change when you migrate ; The bird represents wildlife and how it will change, The clock represents the time zones, The clothes represent the country’s traditions, The pot represents the food and how it changes and so on. The family photo is quite significant because anyone who leaves their family or loses them will have one and that gives a huge clue to as whether someone is leaving or not, I personally find it quite provocative to read on because of that. This is why I think Shaun Tan chose to represent this picture in this way.

This picture represents many different immigrants from many different places going through the process to get into a new country. Shaun Tan shows this by making the picture similar to a famous piece of an immigration hall. I think he chose to show it longways as it helps to show that there is a large quantity of immigrant in this space which, really, is quite small for this kind of process. What happens here is Interrogation, Health Inspection and Documents are checked. Shaun Tan passively shows this because they are sectioned off from the other lines, probably going through a different stage of the inspection. I think that is why Shaun Tan chose to represent the picture in this way

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This picture represents the immigrants arriving at the new city in a boat. Shaun Tan uses a lot of symbolism in this picture, for example, he uses light in the back of the picture shining down on the boat to symbolise hope in a holy way. The statue in the back right is of a regular city-man, shaking hands with a traveller; I believe that this represents the ‘Statue Of Liberty’ from America, which shows immigrants that they are free to go there if needs be. I think Shaun Tan shows these points passively because it means that you will only think it means well but you wont know why and I think that is quite a strong feature in a painting. This is why I think Shaun Tan represents the picture in this way.

This picture represents the interrogation process in the immigration hall. He might be confused and stressed because he may not speak all of their language and because he wants to answer everything as best as he can as it may mean he cannot enter this new city. He shows this by him constantly thinking and doing actions as though he can’t hear them. He also looks stressed because he has post-it notes on his jacket to remember things and he took off his tie as he may be crumbling under the pressure. This is why I think Shaun Tan represents the picture in this way.

This picture represents a man updating the paper with stamps, which I believe to represent a ‘Visa’ which all immigrants must have and it tracks where they have been and where they are allowed to be. He draws these pictures in a way that it might work in a real country but he uses older looking things as equipment, for example, he uses a thing that looks like a filing cabinet but it is spherical instead of a cuboid. He uses little hints like this to tell the reader about the process and it’s details. This is why I think Shaun Tan chose to represent this picture in this way.

In this piece I have explored each of these pictures, found and explained their meanings. I have found relations to real life instances where immigration takes place and also how they take place. Shaun Tan has conveyed these processes very similarly but instead with seemingly bright places, however, in real life, Immigration is quite dull as people are leaving their homes and sometimes their families. This is how he has conveyed immigration in this novel.