Letter to the Author

Dear Mr. Sherman Alexei

Let me start o by telling you how much I have loved reading you masterpiece of a book,  The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian. It just may be one of the best books i have ever read. From the moment I had picked it up, I was hooked. I could pick it up and easily compare how good it is to the other best books I have ever read, like the Harry Potter series and other great books. I have read it multiple times since last month when I got it. The only thing i have to say is could you possibly write a sequel, I would love it if you could.

Sincerely,

Prabh Dhillon

book review

Today I will be informing you about a book called The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian. Let me start of by saying it is probably on of my favorite books of all time, along with the Harry Potter series (which will never be dethroned), the Percy Jackson series and The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.

The summary of the book(without spoilers would be):
Arnold  better known as Junior, lives on a small town on a Spokane reservation known as Wellpinit. Arnold tells the story of life at Wellpinit, until his math teacher tell him to transfer to a small white school in the town named Reardan. Junior tells the roller coaster ride of life between the reservation and Reardan, and all his adventures ( all realistic, like sleeping hungry or playing basketball, no zombie hunting).

I can only say two things: Very Funny, Very Good.
Hope you read it.

May 20 post

My book is The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian. It is a book about a poor teen Indian boy on a Spokane reservation. He tells the story of his teen life. It is extremely funny. The best thing about my book is how you canto relate it. In fact, the reason it is so funny is because you can relate. There are shown the groups of high school, the studs, the cheerleaders, the nerd, and all of them are nothing like Arnold, the protagonist. There is no part of the story that isn't funny. Sherman Alexei (author) is so funny he puts humor into the death of Arnold's Grandma. Here's how, and i will try to make it as less spoiling and racist as possible. Arnold's grandma is hit by a truck, and to the comes a white man named Ted (who is a millionaire) and tells his story of the knowledge of the Indians. After telling his story, turns out he was all wrong, and runs without even paying homage. It may not sound funny on paper, but in the book it is.

Q#7

The tone of my piece would probably be nostalgia to this point because I mention the old days where I mention authors like Dr. Seuss and shel Silverstein and how reading used to be for enjoyment and how it's now forced on us. I guess it is also a bit butter to the English curriculum. 

Q😇six

The tone of the first passage is a bit serious near the end because of how they get the sub and how the learn to behave but through out the story it's lighthearted with the topic such as airplanes and spit wads. The tone of the second passage would be bitter. Definatly bitter due to how the narrator reacts to all the things Rochelle is doing like how she describes Rachelle putting on goose poop instead of mascara. 

Question #3

In my mind I find that the first passage creates a more intricate image in my mind. This is due to the multiple things the piece is described by. One exmple of the intricate imagery would be "Spitballs stuck to the ceiling.  Paper planes whizzed through the air." (exert#1)This creates the image right away in my mind of a somewhat dimly lit room with lack of adult supervision, with many, many younger children than myself, misbehaving with paper utensils of destruction. This is also sort of nostalgic because the 1st grade class next to mine when I was 6 had terrible behaving children, and one week, the teacher did not come due to family reasons, and they had sub for the week. They never shouted again.

Column draft

When  god created men, he really did not have many expectations. He pictured them all as lumberjacks, living in caves for all of eternity, and grooming earth making it look beautiful. An angel appeared and approached the omnipotent lord what he was trying to achieve.

Hashem (Judaism) replied “I don’t have high hopes for this one but let us see how it turns out. Here is what the features are.”

·        Idiotic sense for danger.

·        Strong body and large amounts of bravado.

·        Powered by food and testosterone

·        1 heart, 2 lung, 4 liter blood engine, with average life of 85 years.

·        All prototypes. ( No two the same)

And so the angel questioned “Where will the new men come from?”

“Like all other animals” Waheguru (Sikhism) replied, “through the fast shipping, insurance protected, top of the line, fleet of storks.”

The angel relaxed and replied “Well at least it is not us delivering, the elephant runs were disastrous, and we lost 30 angels over the Bermuda triangle due to those meddling aliens.”

And the angle retired to the Laz-e-Angel at the end of the office. Allah sat there with his ever-changing form at the redwood table drawing design for how the body would be shaped. Bernard (angel) suggested “Why don’t you just make the man a Humanoid.”

Shiva was exuberated at that idea. Vishnu replied “Bernard you have done it again, come by my office, tommorow3, you have deserved this millennia old bottle of Moet et Chandon.”

Sucellus (Celtic) however had a sudden change of emotion right then and there. “Two arms and legs are only theoretical for mortals Bernard.” Bernard, focusing on the champagne he will receive coolly said “Don’t sweat it; you’re the ruler of the universe.”

And so Zeus, went back to the drawing board, and drew the anatomy of a “man”. It definitely was not the most beautiful thing in the world, but it was a start. The after many fruitless attempts, Ra (Egyptian) choose the form of the young and universally agreed handsome boy named Channing who lived down the block. Anu (Mesopotamian) sat down next to Bernard and showed him the sketch. Bernard replied “It is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen, other than the Upton women I saw in the magazine a few days ago. And after this Jupiter walked to his large bedroom, and staggered to the bed and without much effort fell into the bed for about a trillisecond, before he fell through the other side completely refreshed in the form of Odin, and ready to begin new day of creation. Today, his plans were creating golf courses.

The final post of the tri

Its near the end of the tri and so I believe that I have grown in may ways in my blogs. In my first few blogs i had very small posts lacking much content. Now my blogs are usually 15-20 sentences. Sometimes longer. I also progressed as a  reader. From a book in two weeks to a book a week. This progression did not though include my vocabulary. It has sort of been the same. It seems like i have improved. 

I have had some great discussions in my blogs about my readings. Some of my blog ideas actually came form some of the  comments I got. That was probably my strong suit. I struggled most of the trimester trying to be creative. In fact if one thing got worse, it was probably my creativity in the blogs. I had pictures in the first blog and from there my blogs were boring to look at. 

Robin Hood

It is a cold day today, and the snow has made me particularly happy. I don't understand how people like summer; it's all hot, dry and sunny all the time. And so sitting in my room i picked up a book lost deep inside the book shelf. It was Robin Hood; a book i had read in 7th grade for fun. I remember 7th grade, a much simpler time where reading was for pleasure, not false enrichment forced on by a teacher. It was the last of my top 5 favorite books.
Now to get back on track, have you seen Disney's Robin Hood. If you have you have been misled. Disney reduced the violence which shaped the book. It also changed the history and back story of Robin and his Merry men. Robin himself was a young boy who had problems with his father. Due to this he left his home. On his way to the city, he killed a stag in the kings forest, which lead to his outlaw role. Also the gang is assembled through series of fights. All in all, King Johns attempts to catch Robin are all unsuccessful, although in the end, after marrying Marion, Robin is struck with a sword wound where he dies in the company of aid Marion, Little John, and the Friar.

Real Life issues

In the book I'm now reading, which is Robinson Crusoe many issues come up. It talks about salvaging stuff from the shipwreck. How that will apply to your life I don't know. But getting over loneliness and breaking rules and suffering consequences are all examples of how you can apply these rules to life. I don't really know how to explain how is Robinson Crusoe such a great book, it just is. I chose to read the abridged version due to the recent post by my colleague about 20,000 leagues under the sea.I understand now the greatness of the classics in literature.

This week

I have run out of creative titles. I am now thinking of reading. There was much drama in THE RESTAURANT AT THE END OF THE GALAXY. Have to say it does not beat out the original in laughs and story line which till now in my world is unbeatable, but this is a solid top 5 contender in my favorites. 

Best poetry ever

Reading the Greatest book ever I thought I should share the poetry so here's an exert.

The dead swans lay in the stagnant pool.

They lay. They rotted. They turned

Around occasionally.

Bits of flesh dropped off them from

Time to time.

And sank into the pool's mire.

They also smelt a great deal.

Hope you enjoy it

New Week, New Book

Sadly I lost my copy of White Fang and due to that i have decided to read one of my absolute most favorite series of all time ever, The Restaurant at the end of the Galaxy. Ina a way i did all of you guys a favor by not ruining a great books ending for all of you. But now, even I don't know the story ends. I guess it will forever be a mystery. All I can do a is wonder how the story will end. But on to the GALAXY part of this post. I read the first part of the series back in 7th grade. I read it in about 8 days. It was intriguing and also insanely funny. I later reread it in 8th grade. Now in 9th grade I am reading the second part of the saga. It has not let me down one bit and it might be better than the first.