Introduction to the Book

For my grade 11 university english class I will be reading the book "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie. The book is about a 14 year old kid native kid named Arnold. Arnold is a funny, sensitive, and a budding artist going through kid problems. Arnold differs from other kids because he is a hydrocephalic with a stutter and a lisp and is picked on immensely because of his problems. Arnold is known as the outcast in the reservation he lives on and is beaten because of it. The conflict revolving around the book is when Arnold leaves his reservation to attend a predominantly white school. He is branded as a traitor and is stuck between two world; his life on the reservation, and the mainly white school he attends. He is feeling as though he does not fit in anywhere. Arnold must learn to see himself not just as an Indian, but as a person from many different tribes.