The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Themes

(Click the themes infographic to download.) Arnold starts The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian feeling like the reservation outcast, but once he transfers to the fancy white school in...

(Click the themes infographic to download.) Sherman Alexie dedicates The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian to his two hometowns: Wellpinit and Reardan. Like Alexie, Arnold Spirit, Jr....

(Click the themes infographic to download.) Race is a pretty huge deal for The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. Why? Because it gives Arnold Spirit, Jr. a good deal of trouble in his...

(Click the themes infographic to download.) One of the most compelling aspects of The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is that we see firsthand how devastating and totally awful pover...

(Click the themes infographic to download.) The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is a novel that explores the many different relationships people have to literature and writing. For A...

(Click the themes infographic to download.) Though our narrator Arnold Spirit is only fourteen years of age, he is confronted with the death of his loved ones over and over and over again. For A...

(Click the themes infographic to download.) Arnold's main friend – and only friend – on the reservation in Wellpinit is Rowdy. Once he moves to Reardan, though, he becomes friends with a who...

(Click the themes infographic to download.) The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is a novel about hope, and how important it is to have it and how it helps us stay afloat. In this nove...

(Click the themes infographic to download.) Reardan High School is a wonderland of chemistry labs, brand new basketball courts, and computer labs. The place is a regular learning hotspot. Arnold...

(Click the themes infographic to download.) In The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Arnold comes from the Spokane Indian Reservation in Wellpinit, Washington, a place built on tradit...