Saturday, July 30, 2011

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

by Sherman Alexie
230 pages

I think it has been said before on this blog, but I didn't think the controversial parts of this novel were really that bad. I thought this was a good coming-of-age story of a boy who doesn't really belong anywhere and his struggle to accept himself. I think it probably depicted life on a reservation accurately, even though it wasn't necessarily in a good light. I thought the character of Arnold Spirit could be looked at as a good example of how to not let the situation get you down and find a way to make things better, no matter what other people say.

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