Monday, November 4, 2013
Name/explain three issues/hurdles Junior encounters in his transition to Reardon. (Siyeon)
Arnold, the protagonist, goes through a lot of hardships throughout the story by transitioning to Reardon. Reardon is a school that is located twenty- two miles away from his reservation and Arnold thinks that all the kids that goes there are better than him saying“(Alexie 50) They were beautiful and smart and epic. They were filled with hope.” The first issue,friendship, that he goes through is he tells Rowdy that he in transferring school. Arnold and Rowdy’s friendship ended “ My best friend had become my worst enemy”.(Alexie 53) Also, Arnold walks into school with confident, but as he enters his classroom he gets laughed by his name, Junior. Also, he encounters the rules that he memorized saying “ I knew those rules. I’d memorized those rules. I’d live my life by those rules.”(Alexie 62) Arnold gets into a fistfight. There are a lot more things but but these three are the major issues that Arnold encounters
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Arnold experiences many hardships when transitioning to Reardan, many of which you touched upon. Your last point, discussing fights in school, was specifically awkward. Arnold's experience with fighting at his old school became accustomed to him. Basically, if all else fails fight. At Reardan, Arnold is confused when Roger reacts in shock after he is punched in the face. Roger thinks Arnold is crazy. Arnold's reaction is again based on race and how different people act on it. The text states, "But these white boys had ignored the rules. In fact, they followed a whole other set of mysterious rules where people apparently DID NOT GET INTO FISTFIGHTS," (Alexie 64-65). In reality, Roger has gained respect for Arnold because of his tough behavior.
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