Dec 1, 2008

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian | Themes

Isolation is one of the main themes of Part-Time Indian. First, there is the isolation of the Native Americans, a people who were rounded up like livestock and forced onto sectioned-off pieces of land. There is also the isolation that Junior feels as an individual, a boy who was born with multiple physical impairments, including water on the brain, which causes him to have seizures, poor eyesight, a stutter, and a lisp. Junior also has an intellectual curiosity that is unmatched by most of his peers; this makes him an outcast among his own people. And when Junior transfers to...