The novel the absolutely true diary of a part-time indian by sherman alexie is inspired by

the true story of arnold spirit

sherman alexieís childhood

the movie smoke signals

the history of the spokane indian reservation

Sherman Alexie's childhood

Many of the events that happen in The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian are autobiographical. Sherman Alexie grew up on the Spokane Indian reservation and chose to leave the reservation school to attend the "white" school. He was born with "water on the brain" but did not suffer from all the side effects that Arnold does. There are other small differences like Alexie did not throw a book at his teacher when he noticed it was his mother's, but he did throw it at the wall.

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