Saturday, November 2, 2013
#3 Why is junior hesitant to tell Rowdy? Why does he tell him? How does Rowdy react? Why does he react this way? (Aidan Klein)
In the question, Why is junior hesitant to tell Rowdy there are a few answers but I think that the main reason is because Rowdy starts to get mad at him "You better quit saying that,... You're getting me mad." (Alexie 49). The reason that junior tells Rowdy that he is going to Reardan is because junior and Rowdy have been best friends since they were kids and junior doesn't want any of that to change just because he is going to try and get a better future somewhere else. Rowdy at first thinks that junior is joking but then realizing that junior is not joking he starts to cry, Rowdy is tough and hates to cry as if not crying will keep his bad-boy reputation intact, that sadness turns into ferocious anger towards junior so as soon as junior touches him Rowdy punches him and leaves him sobbing in the ground, "I touched his shoulder again and Rowdy flinched.... I was the kind of idiot that got punched hard in the face by his best friend. Bang! Rowdy punched me. Bang! I hit the ground. Bang! My nose bled like a firework."(Alexie 52).
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I agree with a lot of the topics that you explored in this blog post and I think that you did a great job. Arnold knows that Rowdy has a temper and will get angry with him when. In contrast, Arnold and Rowdy have a been best friends forever and he must deliver the tragic news. I think that Rowdy reacts with sadness and then such anger because he feels that Arnold is betraying him with an opportunity that he doesn't have. With Arnold transferring to Reardan, Rowdy he will lose his only friend. Also, another reason that this is a soft spot for Rowdy is that he feels very defeated by Reardan. In sports, Rowdy is the star of every team at the rez school. Yet, every time they get brutally beaten. The text states, "Rowdy was our star quarterback and kicker and middle linebacker,...and we lost to Reardan by the score of 45-0," (Alexie 49). Rowdy performs well in every game and still is let down. Clearly, he has a pure hatred for Reardan and out of any school that Arnold could have picked to transfer to, this choice pains him the most. (Talia)
ReplyDeleteI agree with what you are saying Aidan. Rowdy may seem tough on the outside, but on the inside he is also sensitive. I agree with what you said about Rowdy and Junior being best friends forever, and how he doesn't want any of that to change just because he is leaving. Junior is practically Rowdys only friend and the fact that he punched him shows how much anger he was dealing with. "'Don't touch me, you retarded fag!' he yelled. My heart broke into 14 pieces, one for year that Rowdy and I had been friends." (Alexie pg. 52) Violence is Rowdys only way of showing his feelings. (Alexandra)
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