In the novel The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian, Junior faces trauma when others around him are not accepting of him as a person. For example, on the reservation, Junior is harassed and assaulted by the Andruss brothers--thirty-year-old men who think Junior is weird because he has physical disabilities. Junior tries to handle the situation with humor, but it is clear that he has been traumatized by the fact that adults would...
In the novel The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian, Junior faces trauma when others around him are not accepting of him as a person. For example, on the reservation, Junior is harassed and assaulted by the Andruss brothers--thirty-year-old men who think Junior is weird because he has physical disabilities. Junior tries to handle the situation with humor, but it is clear that he has been traumatized by the fact that adults would treat a teenager so harshly. Later, when Junior leaves the reservation to go to Reardan, he is again traumatized because he is different. A group of white students use derogatory terms like "Chief" to taunt Junior, and Junior draws a cartoon of himself feeling so small among large monsters. So, Junior feels traumatized by situations in which his differences are not accepted and respected.
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