Rederan is the rich, white farm town that sits in the wheat fields exactly twenty-two miles away from the rez.” (P.45) ‘White people,’ My parents said at the same time. They studied each other’s eyes, you know, like they had antennas and were sending radios signals to each other. Here is a little taste of one of his moments where he realizes he needs to leave: He realizes during his suspension that he needs to leave the reservation or else he will end up like everyone else in his reservation, poor and drunk. At that moment, he realizes that he needs a better education and he gets so mad he throws the textbook and it hits his teacher. One day during school, he gets a geometry book that his mother used almost 30 years ago. He is considered the dorkiest kid in his reservation and he is constantly bullied. Absolutely True Diary of A Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie is about a Native American teenager named Arnold (nickname Junior) who lives on a reservation.
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