Literary Analysis New Essay

Literary analysis

In the book, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, is a comedy plot line. There are many characteristics in the book that make it this kind of story. There are some parts of this book that sound like a tragedy, but for the most part it is a comedy plot line.

For example, one main part of the story that has some tragedy. in it is the very beginning. The main character is a poor Indian kid who has poor parents, and goes to a poor school. At this point in the book it looks as if it is going to be a tragedy. Then an example of comedy is when he decides to transfer schools. The story gets funny from there on.

Although the story started like a tragedy, the novel follows a comedy plot line. First it's everyday life in the Indian reservation where the main character and his family live. Next comes a problem that the main character causes. The problem in this story is the kid moving to a school outside of the reservation. His tribe and his best friend now hate him for doing this. Later in the book, his best friend and him decide that it's not worth hating each other for leaving and trying something new. So Junior who is the main character and his friend Rowdy play a game of basketball, and that's how the problem is solved and then it's on to everyday life.

While that was the plot line, there are still many objects and characteristics that go along with it being a comedy. For example, the reservation has many pets, all of which fit into a comedy. Junior has a dog, and his neighbors have birds for pets. Also many long parts of the book are in places of the home that work out right for this mode of literature. One long part of the book is when the main character is on the porch talking with his math teacher. The porch is a characteristic of comedy. Junior hits his math teacher in the face with a math book, and breaks his nose there.


While there are some parts of the book that seem like tragedy for example when Juniors grandma died, the story isn't really a tragedy. Almost every object in this book makes it more of a comedy. Even though in a plot line, the book does not have to be funny, this book is very funny. There are many parts and characteristics in this novel that make this story a comedy plot line.