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Read the excerpt below from The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie and answer the question that follows. So I draw because I want to talk to the world. And I want the world to pay attention to me. I feel important with a pen in my hand. I feel like I might grow up to be somebody important. An artist. Maybe a famous artist. Maybe a rich artist. That’s the only way I can become rich and famous. Just take a look at the world. Almost all of the rich and famous brown people are artists. They’re singers and actors and writers and dancers and directors and poets. So I draw because I feel like it might be my only real chance to escape the reservation. Which character trait does the characterization from the passage above reveal about Arnold? hopeful miserable obnoxious peaceful

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hopeful

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This is because Arnold views that the only way he has a chance in life is through artistry. This is why he draws and expresses himself through that idea.

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