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What does escaping poverty mean? How does Junior begin the process of escaping poverty in The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian<\/em>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian<\/em>, Junior grows up in poverty on a Native American reservation. Poverty, and escaping poverty, are major themes of the book as Junior learns that he may be able to seek opportunities in the world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keep reading to find out more about Junior starts to believe in himself, and envision a life other than poverty. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Junior’s Life and Escaping Poverty<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Junior\u2019s mother is an avid reader and can recite entire pages of text verbatim. She dreamed of going to college<\/a> and might have become a professor<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Junior\u2019s dad dreamed of being a musician. He has an amazing voice and plays the guitar and piano. He still keeps a high-school saxophone that he takes out to shine every once in a while. For Junior, seeing his parents fail at escaping poverty is painful, and motivates him to take chances. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But no one believed in their dreams. Junior\u2019s parents come from a long line of poor people, and like most of the other Indians on the reservation, they couldn\u2019t escape the cycle of poverty<\/a>.<\/strong> Both are alcoholics and suffer from depression. When Junior\u2019s dad isn\u2019t out drinking, he sits alone in his bedroom and watches basketball games on TV. But he doesn\u2019t cheer or boo or react much at all to what he\u2019s watching. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite their poverty and struggles with depression and alcoholism, Junior\u2019s parents are devoted to their son and encourage him to pursue his dreams, as we\u2019ll see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reardan: Escaping Poverty With Education<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Junior says that most people think the worst thing about being poor is being hungry. He acknowledges that sometimes, he and his family go upwards of 18 hours without eating because they don\u2019t have the money for food. But Junior always knows that eventually, one of his parents will come home with KFC. And KFC tastes even better when you\u2019re hungry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Junior sometimes wants to blame his parents for their poverty, but he knows he can\u2019t. He knows his family\u2019s poverty is not his parents\u2019 fault, and he knows they dreamed of more. But no one on the reservation realizes their dreams. They don\u2019t get the chance. They\u2019re too poor.<\/strong> And that creates a cycle that\u2019s makes escaping poverty extremely difficult. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

  • First, you believe you\u2019re poor because you\u2019re stupid.<\/li>
  • Then, you believe you\u2019re stupid because you\u2019re Indian.<\/li>
  • Finally, because you\u2019re Indian, you believe you will always be poor, and the cycle repeats itself.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Poverty doesn\u2019t make you strong or perseverant. Poverty just \u201cteaches you how to be poor.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Poverty on the Reservation<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    Junior\u2019s family doesn\u2019t have money for presents at Christmas, so his father does what he always does when there isn\u2019t enough money for something: He takes what they do<\/em> have and gets drunk. He\u2019s gone from Christmas Eve until January 2nd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    When he gets back, he\u2019s so hungover that he can\u2019t get out of bed. Junior goes into his room to say hello, and his dad apologizes about there being no presents at Christmas. Junior tells him it\u2019s okay, but it isn\u2019t. He realizes that he\u2019s once again trying to protect the man who repeatedly breaks his heart.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Junior\u2019s dad tells Junior that he has a present for him now, which he\u2019s been storing in his boot. Under the foot pad, Junior finds a wrinkled five dollar bill. He can\u2019t believe that his father was able to keep himself from spending his last $5 on a bottle of whiskey and two more days of drunken bliss. Junior turns to thank his father for saving the money for him, but his father has already fallen back asleep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Since being at Reardan, Junior has come to understand what good parents he has. Yes, his dad is an alcoholic and his mom is an \u201cex-drunk,\u201d but they show how much they care about Junior with the sacrifices they make and the way they talk to him honestly and listen to him sincerely. This is more than many of Junior\u2019s white peers can say. Junior notices that the parents, especially the fathers, of many of his classmates ignore their kids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Conversely, on the rez, everyone knows everyone else. There might be problems on the rez, but everyone is close. It\u2019s like a big family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Junior cries thinking about how amazing his sister was. She pursued her dreams. She never reached them, but it was the bravery of the attempt that mattered.<\/strong> Junior sees that, like his sister, he\u2019s also making the attempt, and it also might kill him, but staying on the rez also would have killed him. Escaping poverty can be deadly, but so is staying where he is. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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