Holden’s Basketball Experience The Absolutely True Diary...

Basketball helps Arnold find out what kind of person he can be. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian book is trying to show you how one thing in someone’s life can help them to become a nicer and smarter person. The book as is about how one person, Arnold can be two people at once. Arnold is a part time Indian beacuse he is in Idian and he thinks that he is poor beacuse of it. Arnold is also a white person in his heart beacuse he feels like he connects with them when he plays basketball. Trying out for the basketball team thought Arnold how to make a good friendship. At first him and Rowdy were very mean to each other when Arnold first tired out for the basketball team. By the end of the book Rowdy and Arnold are equal in basketball and Arnold feels like he is a white person with Rowdy and doesn’t feel excluded. Becoming a stronger person Arnolds coach said â€Å"Nervous means you want to play. Scared means you dont want to play.† Arnold learns how to deal with his fears when he played basketball and it helped him in life. face his fears In chapter 20, Arnold tries out for the basketball team at his school. He tells himself that he is not going to get on varsity or junior varsity. Arnolds dad said that Arnold needs to dream big (20.15). Arnolds dad tells him about the story how his mom was 13 and he was five. On the first practice the coach told the team that sixteen of them are going to be cut because of the budget cuts. This shows you how poor the