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PTI Essay In Sherman Alexies novel, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, the main character, a 14-year old Spokane Indian named Arnold Spirit, has a hard time being an Indian on the Rez because he is unlike the other Indians. In the chapter “The Black-Eye-of-the-Month Club” Arnold is being described as a kid who is born with many physical problems and ever since Arnold was born he has been teased and bullied not only by children but adults also. Even though Arnolds life has been a complete struggle with being an member to his community and an individual at Reardan he still doesn’t classify himself as a “lonely Indian boy.”(217) Arnold has many struggles while living on the rez. Arnold is constantly bullied because he looks different from the other reservation members. Arnolds family is “poor and living on a poor reservation.” (7) Arnold isn’t upset he is poor in the beginning of the chapter “Why Chicken Means So Much to Me” but he gets upset later because his dog Oscar gets ill and his parents tell him they don’t have enough money to take his dog to the vet, so Arnolds dad puts Oscar down himself. (14) Arnold also gets upset that his math teacher Mr. P gives Arnold a book with his mothers maiden name on the cover and that infuriates Arnold to the point that he throws the book, but accidentally hits his teacher in the face during the process. Arnold also had some struggles while attending Reardan. On his first day a guy named Roger approached Arnold and told him a joke with the ending being the most racist thing Arnold has ever heard. Arnold said “I felt like Roger had kicked me in the Face. That was the most racist thing I’d ever heard in my life.” (64) In the chapter “Dance, Dance, Dance” Arnold says “I pretend to have a little money. I pretended to be middle class. I pretended I belonged.” (119) because he took Penelope to the Winter Formal with only five dollars and his dads polyester suit. Throughout all the struggles Arnold endured