Reservations

In The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian Junior, his family, and several other indian family's live on a reservation. To them it was home, but to Junior, it was something that was holding him back. On the reservation, Junior was picked on, beat up, and constantly made fun of. To Junior, the reservation was stopping him from reaching his full potential. 

Although most American citizens don't on reservations, I believe everyone has a theoretical reservation they need to break free from. In our society today many stereotypes tend to contain a lot of people. Stereotypes surrounding those of different races and often gender can push people into the position that society has deemed appropriate for them. Then they have to dress, act, and even think a certain way, and cannot be themselves. Today, our reservation is stereotypes,  and in order to break free, we have to reject them.