Essay

The book I'm Reading is The Absolutely True Diary of a Part time Indian. Its a novel by Sherman Alexie. I thought the book was by far interesting and really good. I would recommend the book because its funny, sad, bizarre. Its flat out a good book. Jr is going through hard times. People don't believe in him but he doesn't let that get him down and keeps on believing in himself.

Jr lived on the res until his high school years. He left the res to better his life even though the others don't believe in him. When he moved to an all white school he was bullied and back on the res everybody thought he was a Indian hater and a traitor. Going back and forth was hard for Jr because people on the res and at school treated him poor now. At the res they think he is trying to be better then all the Indians on the res. They think he is trying to be a white lover. At the all white school he was looked down on. They just thought he was a dumb Indian.

At the all white school they thought he was a loser Indian until he stepped up and punched the bully in the face. Now everybody is giving him respect. The girl that he liked named Penelope got with Jr after he got more respect. Getting friends, being on a sport's team and a having a girlfriend I think boosted Jr's confidence. He didn't let the bully get him down and he believed in himself.

Jr believed in himself and he didn't let anything get to him. Now he has friends and that helped him boost his confidence. I think now that Jr accomplished some goals he believes in himself. Time made him a stronger person.