Narration
What is First Person Narration?
When the narrator is a character in the story
What is an allusion?
What is a reference to a commonly known story or text or tale--like David & Goliath, Noah's Ark, The Wizard of Oz?
Who is speaking here:
"This giant boy is the alpha male of the school, and you're the new dog, so he pushed you around a bit to see how tough you are"
Who is Junior's Grandmother?
In Diary, the cartoon of Junior's grandmother reveals what clever thing?
What is answers may vary--but she takes advantage of her heritage (traditionally a disadvantage) to make $ by selling "sacred Aboriginal transportation charms" :)
What does catharsis mean?
What is the process of relieving and dealing with strong and powerful (possibly repressed) emotions?
What is reflective first person narration?
When a character in the story narrates, but as an adult (or older individual) looking back at their life
What is a simile?
What is a direct comparison between two unlike things using like or as?
Who yells: "You always thought you were better than me!"
Who is Rowdy?
Why does Junior say the people on the reservation call him an apple?
What does it mean to come of age/be a coming of age story?
What is to move from childishness to maturity?
What does omniscient mean?
What is all-knowing?
What is hyperbole?
What is purposeful exaggeration, such as when Arnie/Junior in Diary claims to jump SO HIGH and basically touch the gym ceiling?
Who says that "Reservations were meant to be prison, you know? Indians were supposed to move onto reservations and die. We were supposed to disappear. But somehow or another, Indians have forgotten that reservations were meant to be death camps"
Who is Junior?
What does Gordy teach Junior how to do?
What is "read"? (Read effectively and thoroughly, not literally sound out letters)
What were Native American boarding schools?
What were residential schools for Native Americans (that students were often forced to go to); the primary purpose of these schools was to erase Native Culture, promote "whiteness", and break up Native families and connections. Abuse, disease, and even death was common at these schools?
What are third person limited and third person omniscient?
What is juxtaposition?
What is putting two unlike things next to each other to show the depth of difference?
Who says "You'll be the first one to ever leave the rez this way"..."The Indians around here are going to be angry with you"
Who is Junior's mother?
At the end of the book, how does Rowdy "apologize" to Junior? (What does he call him?)
What is: Rowdy calls Junior a nomad, and talks about how Junior is honoring previous generations of Native Americans who weren't stuck like the are today...and then they play bball?
What were some of the pros & cons of changing school mascots?
What is answers will vary?
What is second person narration?
What is when you, the reader, control the narration?
What is a paradox?
What is a seemingly impossible situation, like how the kids in "The Low Cuts" are both honest and thieves?
Who says "Okay, Arnold," ..."Where did you learn this fact? On the reservation? Yes, we all know there's so much amazing science on the reservation"
Why is the story about the dead horse and Turtle Lake symbolic?
What is because the stupid/dead horse just keeps returning, which is symbolic of Junior's own resiliency?
Drinking/booze is a huge problem on Native American reservations, and among Native Americans (connected to centuries of mistreatment, depression, and distrust of government). How do you spell the broad term that enompasses beer, wine, whiskey, etc?
What is alcohol?