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