Was Justice Served?

     The book, The Absolute True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie, so far is about a Indian boy named Junior, who goes through medical issues and poverty with his family. He lives on the "Rez" a neighborhood where only people of color are living there, unfairly and with disrespect. Junior faces through many struggles as mentioned before because this book takes place during a time of injustice. One day he was forced to face another basketball team who was his new schools bigfest rival. He eventually won and the struggles with his friend, Rowdy, soon worked out fine. In this situation, justice was served because everything worked out and Junior's life was at least better than ever rven when he suffered some family losses. However, in my opinion, because this time is during segregation, justice was not served even though Junior was the first person to go to a all white school.

     One of the reasons why justice was served is because as mention, his friendship with Rowdy was  resolved. For instance, Rowdy was on the opposing team when they had their basketball game. After Rowdy's defeat, Rowdy realized how muchJunior was capable of living on his own and fighting for his own goals and he did that by defeating him and his team in a game Rowdy was really good at. This shows justice was served even when the situation was radical to face. One of the reasons why I think justice was not served is because I was expecting Junior to impct the white school more than he did. For example, after Junior won for his team, there was cheer, but there wasn't much cheering for Junior and his impact on how people of color and play well, and they have the skills and powerthat they have. However, because he lives in a segregated area, nobody pays attention to him and that is the injustice that I felt was not served.

     In conclusion, although main plot/conflict was solved and the justice that was gifen to Junior and those surrounding him was served, I feel that segregation in general that revolves around the characters, was not served because it was not put into an end, nor was the school where Junior transfered to was not heavily impacted by Junior.