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Imagine you're an Indian. No, not a [[Memetic Badass]] or [[Magical Native American]]. No, imagine you're born with hydrocephalus, ten extra teeth, and you've had glasses since age 3. And you have a lisp and stutter even in high school. Now imagine you go to a white school. And your reservation friends hate you for it. And even there, you're smarter than the teachers.
Imagine you're an Indian. No, not a [[Memetic Badass]] or [[Magical Native American]]. No, imagine you're born with hydrocephalus, ten extra teeth, and you've had glasses since age 3. And you have a lisp and stutter even in high school. Now imagine you go to a white school. And your reservation friends hate you for it. And even there, you're smarter than the teachers.


That is the world of Arnold Spirit Jr. in Sherman Alexie's ''The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian''.
That is the world of Arnold Spirit Jr. in [[Sherman Alexie]]'s '''''The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian'''''.
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=== This book provides us examples of the following: ===


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* [[The Alcoholic]] - Arnold's dad. Arnold's mom is a recovering alcoholic. He comments that almost ''everyone'' on the rez is an alcoholic.
* [[The Alcoholic]] - Arnold's dad. Arnold's mom is a recovering alcoholic. He comments that almost ''everyone'' on the rez is an alcoholic.
* [[Author Avatar]] - Sherman Alexie had hydrocephalus as a kid, and went to a white school.
* [[Author Avatar]] - Sherman Alexie had hydrocephalus as a kid, and went to a white school.
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* [[The Complainer Is Always Wrong]] - There's a scene in a science class that plays this straight.
* [[The Complainer Is Always Wrong]] - There's a scene in a science class that plays this straight.
* [[Computer Wars]] - Dear God, don't get Gordy started on Mac vs. PC.
* [[Computer Wars]] - Dear God, don't get Gordy started on Mac vs. PC.
* [[Death By Newbery Medal]] - {{spoiler|Arnold's dog, father's best friend, grandmother, and romance novel loving sister do not survive the novel. Heck, the [[Shoot the Dog]] moment happened at the beginning of the novel.}}
* [[Death by Newbery Medal]] - {{spoiler|Arnold's dog, father's best friend, grandmother, and romance novel loving sister do not survive the novel. Heck, the [[Shoot the Dog]] moment happened at the beginning of the novel.}}
* [[Kids Are Cruel]] - A regular theme.
* [[Kids Are Cruel]] - A regular theme.
* [[Magical Queer]] - Outright stated.
* [[Magical Queer]] - Outright stated.
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* [[Nerd Glasses]]
* [[Nerd Glasses]]
* [[Racist Grandma]] - Averted, since Arnold's grandma is the only character besides Arnold who is tolerant of homosexuals.
* [[Racist Grandma]] - Averted, since Arnold's grandma is the only character besides Arnold who is tolerant of homosexuals.
* [[The Rez]]
* [[Romance Novel]] - Parodied and deconstructed.
* [[Romance Novel]] - Parodied and deconstructed.
* [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness]] - Tautology!
* [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness]] - Tautology!
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* [[Trauma Conga Line]]: {{spoiler|The death of Arnold's grandmother, followed by that of Eugene and Arnold's sister. Given that all these deaths involved alcohol and the frequency he attends funerals, he extends this one to his entire people.}}
* [[Trauma Conga Line]]: {{spoiler|The death of Arnold's grandmother, followed by that of Eugene and Arnold's sister. Given that all these deaths involved alcohol and the frequency he attends funerals, he extends this one to his entire people.}}
* [["What the Hell?" Dad]] - Arnold Spirit Sr.
* [["What the Hell?" Dad]] - Arnold Spirit Sr.
* [[What Happened to The Mouse?]] - Penelope's eating disorder is mentioned once, early in her and Arnold's acquaintance, and it baffles him -- then never comes up again.
* [[What Happened to the Mouse?]] - Penelope's eating disorder is mentioned once, early in her and Arnold's acquaintance, and it baffles him -- then never comes up again.
* [[You Keep Using That Word]] - Boner.
* [[You Keep Using That Word]] - Boner.


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Latest revision as of 15:07, 13 July 2021

Imagine you're an Indian. No, not a Memetic Badass or Magical Native American. No, imagine you're born with hydrocephalus, ten extra teeth, and you've had glasses since age 3. And you have a lisp and stutter even in high school. Now imagine you go to a white school. And your reservation friends hate you for it. And even there, you're smarter than the teachers.

That is the world of Arnold Spirit Jr. in Sherman Alexie's The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian.

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