The Aboslutlely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian #2

                 One literary device that this author used very well would be repetition. The author uses it to really deepen the meaning of what they were trying to get across. He uses it multiple times throughout the story but an example would be; "I realized that, sure, I was a Spokane Indian. I belonged to that tribe. But I also belonged to the tribe of American immigrants. And to the tribe of basketball players. And the tribe of bookworms. And the tribe of cartoonists. And the tribe of chronic masturbators. And the tribe of teenage boys. And the tribe of small-town kids. And the tribe of Pacific Northwesterners. And the tribe of tortilla chips-and-salsa lovers. And the tribe of poverty. And the tribe of funeral-goers. And the tribe of beloved sons. And the tribe of boys who really missed their best friends." I feel like, at this moment he wanted to show us all that we aren't defined by one aspect of our lives. All of us are like little melting pots in our own right. He uses this literary device to really show that we are lots of things that aren't limited by race, religion, or state in society. I really liked how he uses this literary device and i know when I'm writing my own memoir I will use that technique to really stress the important things. Another way he used repetition, would be to transition into the darker themes in his story. For example, when he was talking about his grandmother, he kept reiterating how great she was. That repetition led into how she died, which was being run over by a drunk driver.  But that's why I really like this book, that there were no boundaries, everything is real and blunt. I learned a lot about life by reading this book. And isn't that what books are supposed to do?