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Title: The Absolute Diary of A Part Time Indian- A controversial book or not
Description: contains the philosophical arguments of controversy throughout the book, from a literature point of view. aimed at third year literature college students.

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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

A controversial book or not
...
, who is 14 years old
...

Becoming a man in an old world and trying to create its own, is what is hard to
comprehend, since the main character is only 14 years old, and is still considered stil
just a little boy
...


This book can be said to have controversy that leans towards the
characterization of sexuality and violence
...
The novel
hold a strong statement, that anyone can make it in the world, and have a bright future,
not just white people
...
When
Junior is accepted as a normal kid, going to the “white people school”, to study there
...

There is a lot of misery and bad feelings throughout the book, but it is all dealt
with humor
...

Drawing comics is what helps Junior display his struggles in a most humorous way,
making his Dad and his Mom as a successful people is what can be also taken as a
source of misery but taking it with humor
...
This novel is really teaching kids of what racism and
discrimination really is, through humor
...
We all know his situation,
but he makes a realistic view on what really being a “kid of different color”, feels like
...

The question of sexuality is really a big issue in this novel
...
Of course,
masturbation is mentioned in the novel, and that is what needs to make this novel
controversial
...

Masturbation for any 14 year old boy is not strange, but that makes the book a
realistic way of becoming an adult
...


The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian is a book that teaches great
values, from being discriminated through race to being in poverty and what poverty
really feels like
...
This novel is a great book that has a lot of
hidden messages, such as banning racism and to stop people from using abusive
things in their life, because that what makes families rip apart
...
This book is not really
controversial because of the realistic things in growing up of one individual that can
show the understanding of a young boy
Title: The Absolute Diary of A Part Time Indian- A controversial book or not
Description: contains the philosophical arguments of controversy throughout the book, from a literature point of view. aimed at third year literature college students.