OCTOBER BLOG #2 Conflicts

In the story “The Absolutely true diary of a part time Indian” The Protagonist Junior goes on a wild ride through his many conflicts. One example of a Man vs. Society Is when Mr. P tells Junior how he should and needs to get out of his rez in order to avoid destroying his own life though drinking and drugs. Once Junior runs transfers to Reardon all of his tribe begin to hate him for he left them for a white school. Another example for conflict would be man vs. man, how throughout most of the story Rowdy is seen as the enemy and rival towards Junior. The two were originally best friends but after Junior left the rez for Reardon Rowdy started to have greater negative feelings to Junior. This creates a sort of tension between the two especially when they have a basketball game against each other. An example of an internal conflict would be how Junior constantly feels isolated. Throughout the story Junior complains how he was born differently and for that he is weird, also how being experiencing how it feels like to be pushed around his own classmates. This connects to the theme of the story of how isolation is nothing to be afraid of by showing the reader that It is possible to live with isolation, if a poor Indian kid against all odds found a way into the popular kids then so can anyone else.