Discuss the significance of the settings in the book The Absolutely True Diary of Part-Time Indian.

I would say that "the rez" is significant element in the
development of Junior's character.  This setting allows Junior to fully understand
elements of his identity as a Native American against which he must fight.  The sense of
despair, hopelessness, and lack of regard for a constructive vision of the future is
where Junior understands the reservation to represent.  At the same time, the setting of
Reardon represents a world where Junior is viewed with both skepticism and a sense of
distance.  It is a world where Junior recognizes his fundamental status as an
"outsider."  In the end, this is where the setting holds meaning in Junior's
characterization.  Both realms indicate a certain point of alienation and isolation for
Junior.  His condition of a dual consciousness is enhanced by the fact that the
shortcomings of one is the attribute of the other.  Rather, than be torn by this
condition at the end of the narrative, Junior has found a point in his own state of
being where he is able to take the best of each in formulating his own personalized
sense of setting where his own sense of happiness emerges, as well as a sense of
personal contentment in his own state of being in the world, both
worlds.