Friday, November 20, 2015

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

In the basketball game, Reardan beats Wellpinit by 40 points, but after lots of celebration, Junior realizes that the kids at the rez didn't deserve what happened. The kids at the rez have tough lives. Their parents are alcoholics, they don't have food, and they don't have a good education. Junior realizes that by letting his anger run through him, he has stripped them of something that could have been a source of joy. He feels ashamed that he has opportunities that they don't, and that he let his hate get to him. After Junior wins, he glances over at the Wellpinit team and  feels guilty. "I suddenly wanted to apologize to Rowdy, to all the other Spokanes" (Alexie 196). Junior knows that those kids should have gotten better.
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  1. AnonymousNovember 20, 2015 at 5:12 PM

    I agree with you. Junior was getting caught up in the moment, he wanted revenge on Rowdy since he played unfair last time. He wanted to prove to Rowdy that he was better than that. Junior forgot all about the problems they were going through at home. He finally realized and felt so ashamed that he couldn't hold back the tears.

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  2. AnonymousNovember 21, 2015 at 5:25 PM

    I respectfully disagree with what you say about the kids on the rez not deserving what happened. I don't think that is true. The kids at Rearden just worked harder for that match and won it, so it wasn't about how deserved either team is. Junior was crying more over the fact that the rez kids don't deserve what will happen after the game. They don't deserve to be beaten and starved, but winning or losing wasn't really a question of who deserved it because when you get to the heart of the game, they are just two basketball teams.

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