The Life of Junior

You have to give Junior lots of credit for being who he is. The main character in Sherman Alexie's novel, The Absolutely True Diary of a American Indian, Junior is learning to stepp out of his boundaries and form his own identity as a high student no a typical Indian drunk. My response to him was a lot stronger then to Annie, I didn't care for Annie. Junior or Arnold is not someone I can say that I can confine in because I've never been put through anything like he has. Junior is one brave kid. I feel that if I had to ever go through anything like he has I would hope I had enough courage to be the same and stick through. If someone had came up to me like Roger did on the first day of school I would freak out and cry like a little girl (I'm just being honest) but in the Indian culture, I feel, that it's not socially acceptable. I've never felt like I've been in the odd one out or the minority. Junior also made a commitment to not become like the typical drunk Indian. He wants to become someone who can go to college, even though at some points during the book he seems to doubt his abilities to success. I think he sees success as not becoming like his fellow Indian, not that he just needs to go to college.

The theme of identity is extreme present in the novel. What could be more of am example of finding yourself besides growing up? I think it's true for everyone; when you grow up you are trying to figure out who you are and what you want to become. In the novel by Sherman Alexie we see Junior grow up big time during his freshman year of high school. He developed as a person who embrasses where he comes for. Often times in the book we read about how it is apparent that he is not from the same area of the county as the other students but that doesn't stop him from attending school either does other twenty some miles.