Mr. P’s tells Junior to leave
the reservation so that he doesn’t give up hope and so that he can accomplish his dreams.
He thinks that if Junior stays then he will become like his sister and fade
away. While explaining to Junior, he says, “You can’t give up. You won’t give
up. You threw that book in my face because somewhere inside you refuse to give
up” (Alexie 43). He believes that there is hope for Junior and wants to help
his future. Unlike all of the other people on the reservation who gave up ages
ago, Junior still has fight in him. Mr. P is different than other adults and is so motivated to help because he has to
watch Indians grow up with hopes and dreams but suddenly give up when they see
that their dreams are impossible and unrealistic. This is why he is one of the
few adults that wants to create a hopeful future and life for Junior. Mr.
P has the willpower and kindness to attempt to push Junior to have a better
future because he too hasn’t given up.
I really like the way you, Benjamin, have written this blog. Hidden in the writing, you show how Mr. P and Arnold are similar in some ways yet it is written to answer the topic question. For this quote, " You threw that book in my face because somewhere inside you refuse to give up" (Alexie 43) you clearly described what the quote meant making this part very descriptive. Overall you have clearly described what Mr. P's advice was towards Arnold and have used amazing word choice.
ReplyDeleteBenjamin, I really like the way you laid out your blog. You had a strong thesis with supporting detail following it. I do though, think that you should have more explicitly explained the bond Mr.P and Arnold have and why Arnold threw the book. I think if you explain each of these things, the reader of your post will get what you are trying to say more. You could do this by stating that the book Arnold received for geometry was his mother's book. Overall though, I thought that this was a good post.
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Your thesis is very strong it wraps up all of what you're going to be talking about in that first sentance. I also love the amount of times you use the word hope just enough times so that is isn't repetative enough to get dull. One other quote I would like to add is, "I want to go to Reardan" (Alexie 45). The only reason I would add this quote is because you say a lot about Mr. P saying for him to leave, but you never say if Arnold says yes or not, but overall great job.
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