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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian: Close Reading Assignment
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Close Reading Assignment:
Question: This assignment requires you to perform a close reading of a passage from The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian.The passage
Yep, my dad was an undependable drunk. But he'd never missed any of my organized games, concerts, plays, or picnics. He may not have loved me perfectly, but he loved me as well as he could.My mom was sitting in her usual place on the opposite side of the court from Dad.Funny how they did that. Mom always said that Dad made her too nervous; Dad always said that Mom made him too nervous.Penelope was yelling and screaming like crazy, too. I waved at her; she blew me a kiss.Great, now I was going to have to play the game with a boner. Ha-ha, just kidding.So we ran through lay-ups and three-on-three weave drills and free throws and pick and rolls, and the evil Wellpinit five came running out of the visitors' locker room.Man, you never heard such booing. Our crowd was as loud as a jet.They were just pitching the Wellpinit players some serious crap.You want to know what it sounded like?It sounded like this:BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOO
"You can't stop me. I've been kicking your ass for fourteen years.""Not tonight," I said. "Tonight's my night."
Question:
1.Locate the passage in the context of the plot and themes of the novel as a whole;
2.Explain how the narrative and language features of the excerpt are used to position the implied reader in relation to the protagonist and his experience, by drawing upon and applying aspects of narrative theory from Week 5, as well as discussing aspects of narration such as humour, tone, metaphor, dialogue, description, and figurative language;
3.Comment on the protagonist's struggle to reconcile his Indigenous culture and community with the dominant white culture at Reardan, paying particular attention to the notions of identity, intersectionality and the matrix of domination (key ideas from the unit materials for Week 6) and
4.Support your own original analysis with direct quotation from the relevant e-readings in your study guide and your own independent research .The close reading should be written as an academic essay.