Outline: The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part-Time Indian
General Essay Outline—5 paragraph (training wheels)
Topic: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Thesis: Junior's decision of transferring schools from his tribe to Reardan, is a poor decision because he never feels that he belongs, people always find a way to pick on him and he disgraces his tribe when he departs. Body Paragraph 1
Topic: To start off, Junior’s choice of transferring schools is a detriment because he never feels like he is welcome. This is due to the fact that he goes in with the mentality that he is physically different, as a result, he has difficulty fitting in and he feels that the school actively tries to take away his Indian culture.
First supporting point: In the first place, during Junior's transition, he automatically is in the mindset that he is different and inferior to white people. Detail or example or Quotation: Specifically, in one of …show more content…
Detail or example or quotation: In fact, a classmate at Junior’s school yells, “Did you know that Indians are living proof that niggers fuck buffalo?” (Alexie 52)
[TRANSITION] Body Paragraph 3
Topic: Lastly, being the first person to leave the reservation to attend an all white school has a lot of consequences to it, thus he associates with the title of a rebel, in return he receives immeasurable amounts of backlash from his family and returning back provides him with a good opportunity to seek forgiveness. Considering that cultural identity is a recurring problem in First Nation children today, a sense of pride is one the most important aspects to taking part in a tribe ("Aboriginal Children”).
First supporting point: Primarily, seeing that Junior is the very first one to leave his reservation to attend an all white school, he is a traitor and is prone to all the consequences his tribe holds against
Topic: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Thesis: Junior's decision of transferring schools from his tribe to Reardan, is a poor decision because he never feels that he belongs, people always find a way to pick on him and he disgraces his tribe when he departs. Body Paragraph 1
Topic: To start off, Junior’s choice of transferring schools is a detriment because he never feels like he is welcome. This is due to the fact that he goes in with the mentality that he is physically different, as a result, he has difficulty fitting in and he feels that the school actively tries to take away his Indian culture.
First supporting point: In the first place, during Junior's transition, he automatically is in the mindset that he is different and inferior to white people. Detail or example or Quotation: Specifically, in one of …show more content…
Detail or example or quotation: In fact, a classmate at Junior’s school yells, “Did you know that Indians are living proof that niggers fuck buffalo?” (Alexie 52)
[TRANSITION] Body Paragraph 3
Topic: Lastly, being the first person to leave the reservation to attend an all white school has a lot of consequences to it, thus he associates with the title of a rebel, in return he receives immeasurable amounts of backlash from his family and returning back provides him with a good opportunity to seek forgiveness. Considering that cultural identity is a recurring problem in First Nation children today, a sense of pride is one the most important aspects to taking part in a tribe ("Aboriginal Children”).
First supporting point: Primarily, seeing that Junior is the very first one to leave his reservation to attend an all white school, he is a traitor and is prone to all the consequences his tribe holds against