Revised Blog Post

 http://thebananacrisis.blogspot.com/2014/11/the-absolute-true-diary-of-part-time.html     

     The book, The Absolute True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie, is about a young boy named Junior, or Arnold, who lives in poverty with his family. He lives on the "Rez" a neighborhood where only people of color are live (this book is based on segregation). He has a best friend named Rowdy, who he claims to communicate more with, rather than his older sibling. Junior always looks up to Rowdy whenever he is going through a rough situation or when he just wants to talk to somebody. His friendship with Rowdy is strong, but develops both positively by teaching themselves that their friendship cant last forever and negatively through constant fighting and developing a rivalry.
     One of the ways that their friendship developed positively is by having both of them learn that even though they wont be able to see each other throughout their lives all the time, they will always remember each other and they are kept in a special place in their hearts. In the end of the book, Rowdy visits Junior by surprise and tries to make things better after their massive rivalry. However, Junior admits that we wants to explore the world as much as he can, but this means that he would have to leave his old town and his best Rowdy. Rowdy accepts his decision and comes to a conclusion that they will be separate. Another way that their friendship develops is when Junior tells Rowdy that he will be attending to another school in a white neighborhood. Feeling depressed Rowdy breaks into tears and giving him the thought of being alone for the rest of his life. This shows how much Rowdy cares about Junior and having Junior leave caused a big impact on Rowdy, thus showing how their friendship is strong.
     On the other hand, their friendship does take a negative turn when Rowdy starts behavior more aggressive and puerile. At Junior's new school, there was a basketball game against his old school. As expected, Rowdy was on the opposing team and Junior had to face him in a game of basketball. During the game Rowdy bashes his elbow against Junior, causing Junior to be unconscious. This shows the anger that Rowdy has against Junior. Also, Rowdy starts to disrespect Junior and grows a grudge against him. Junior on the other hand tries to act mature and calm no matter how hard Rowdy is on him. This shows how bad things got when Junior made a choice of leaving.
     In conclusion, the friendship between Junior and Rowdy changes throughout the book. It starts of positive, then severely negative especially when Rowdy starts behaving childish, and then back to a neutral. Their relation does end, but in a positive note. They both forgive each other for the decisions they have made and they move on with their lives, but always remember each other as friends that they use to be.