Artistic Response

Fr my Artistic Responce I want to do a powerpoint presentation comparing how I used to view Native-American art and what it means to me now. From reading "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian", I learned that there is more behind art pieces than a face as part of a scenery or a salmon swimming in a river. In my powerpoint I will have pictures of art pieces for the before and after and possibly will ask if people can guess what possible meanings of the art are. After a few responses (hopefully), I will explain the stories behind the art.

I'm up for having someone to work with in this presentation, so if anyone is interested, let me know. I'm open to any ideas on how to snazz this up.

The Key to Unity and Peace

I think that in order for every race and ethnicity to live together in harmony is for everyone to understand what each culture or each people went through in their history. Maybe we don't have to all know every detail about eachothers' histories, but to know the troubles and struggles each person has gone through up until now would introduce understanding and empathy for everyone.

Final Thoughts on the Book

Overall I really enjoyed reading the book "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian". I was hooked all the way through and the book was completely unpredictable. I was a little surprised about how it ended with so much sorrow leadin to the finally, but when I read how he bacame friends with Rowdy again, it created a happy ending. I highly recommend the book for people who haven't already read it for Melissa's English 102 class.

More thoughts

In "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" I like how one of the presented themes is comedy. It makes for an interesting read and keeps you hooked, even when the storyline is sad. It seems toward the end of the book one sad event happens after another, but Sherman keeps the tone of the book relatively light as opposed to dark and depressing.

My thoughts on "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian"

Firstly, I really enjoyed the book because of its sarcastic wit and realistic jokes. I liked how Junior (AKA Arnold) grew throughout the entire book. In the beginning, he was a scared kid in every sense of the word because of his daily life of getting beat up and pushed around.In the end, I love how he isn't as afraid of everything and he realizes he's one of those few people who actually gets up off their butt and explores the world and all its wonders, so to speak.