#3. Summarize the outcome of the game. Why does Junior cry at the end? What does he realize? (Benjamin)

In the Wellpinit against Reardan game, Reardan won but Junior cried at the end because he realized that his team was actually as he said the “Goliath” (Alexie 196) and Wellpinit was the “David” (Alexie 196) and he was also ashamed of all of his anger, rage and pain felt toward Wellpinit. The entire game, Junior had been thinking that Wellpinit was the undefeated enemy and had many emotions of hate towards the community that had rejected him. But afterward, he noticed that by winning he had broken the Wellpinit team’s heart and that they were the troubled team and that had every right to be hating him. He thinks, “I suddenly wanted to apologize to Rowdy, to all of the other Spokanes” (Alexie 196). Junior feels bad for all of the Indians because most of them deserved better and had a terrible home life. He felt ashamed for ever feeling like he needed to prove something by beating them which is why he cried and what he realized after the game.