Part Time Indian Theme
“No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite,” said Nelson Mandela. What he meant when he said this was, people don’t automatically hate other people. They are taught to hate through the influence of other people or their own experiences. Even though they may hate somebody though, it’s easy to learn to love them too. Throughout this semester we have gone through many units. In each of these units there are many common themes, one of these themes is hatred. It shows up time and time again. This hatred often leads to unnecessary deaths
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In the beginning of the book Junior says, “Everybody on the rez calls me retard about twice a day. They call me retard when they are pantsing me or stuffing my head in the toilet or just smacking me upside the head.” (Alexie 4). All the people on the rez have a hard life most are really poor and hate white people. They take that hatred of what other people have done to them out on people or kids like Junior. When Junior leaves to go to a white school Rowdy starts to hate him too. He hates him for leaving. When Junior tries to comfort him Rowdy yells, “Don’t touch me, you retarded fag!” (Alexie 52). Rowdy has a hard life and he takes all his anger and hate out by beating other people up. He has always stuck up for Junior, but when Junior decides to leave he has nobody to be there for him. At the end of that chapter Junior says that Rowdy had become his worst enemy. Rowdy isn’t the only one who hates Junior for leaving, everybody on the reservation who already hated him now calls him a traitor and hates him more. Later in the book when Junior’s basketball team plays against the reservation’s team the whole crowd is yelling, “Ar-nold sucks! Ar-nold sucks! Ar-nold sucks!” (Alexie 143). By the end of the book Rowdy learns to love Junior again. He doesn’t outwardly express it, but he shows in in his own
In the beginning of the book Junior says, “Everybody on the rez calls me retard about twice a day. They call me retard when they are pantsing me or stuffing my head in the toilet or just smacking me upside the head.” (Alexie 4). All the people on the rez have a hard life most are really poor and hate white people. They take that hatred of what other people have done to them out on people or kids like Junior. When Junior leaves to go to a white school Rowdy starts to hate him too. He hates him for leaving. When Junior tries to comfort him Rowdy yells, “Don’t touch me, you retarded fag!” (Alexie 52). Rowdy has a hard life and he takes all his anger and hate out by beating other people up. He has always stuck up for Junior, but when Junior decides to leave he has nobody to be there for him. At the end of that chapter Junior says that Rowdy had become his worst enemy. Rowdy isn’t the only one who hates Junior for leaving, everybody on the reservation who already hated him now calls him a traitor and hates him more. Later in the book when Junior’s basketball team plays against the reservation’s team the whole crowd is yelling, “Ar-nold sucks! Ar-nold sucks! Ar-nold sucks!” (Alexie 143). By the end of the book Rowdy learns to love Junior again. He doesn’t outwardly express it, but he shows in in his own