Monday, May 20, 2013
Michael: Question 3
Junior cries at the end of the game because he feels ashamed that Reardan beat Wellpinit Redskins badly. Now he knows that Rowdy's dad is going to beat him up. Junior has just broken Rowdy's heart. He never meant to do that. In the text it say's, "I was suddenly ashamed that I'd wanted so badly take revenge on them. I was suddenly ashamed of my anger, my rage, and my pain. I was crying because I broke my friends heart". This really means how sorry Junior for Rowdy. He just wanted to apologize to him and realizes that he has broken his best friends heart. He runs to the bathroom and started to throw up. As the year goes by, Wellpinit Redskins only wins a few games and doesn't even make it to the finals. The book also say's, "Wellpinit never recovered from their loss to us". This is why Junior was crying.
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I agree with the points stated above about how Junior felt ashamed that they won the game because Rowdy was going to have to endure the wrath of his father afterward. In addition, Junior realizes at the end of the game that most of the players on the Wellpinit High team needed the win much more than those on the Reardan High team. Everybody from Reardan had their lives handed to them, without having to worry about it getting derailed. All the seniors on the Reardan team "were going to college. All of the guys on our team had iPods and cell phones and PSPs and three pairs of blue jeans and ten shirts and mothers and fathers who went to church and had good jobs" (Alexie 195). None of them had to worry about whether their fathers would be sober enough to take them to the game, or whether there would be enough food in the house to eat breakfast. They had committed parents and financial security to boost their self-esteem, but the Indians from Wellpinit high had only athletic success to serve that purpose. The Indians had suffered much more hardship than most people from Reardan would ever have to face, and not even being able to win a basketball game against the rich white kids further contributed to their grief. (Jackie)
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