The relationship between poverty and dreams is that poverty ruins dreams. In “Why Chicken Means So Much to Me” Arnold explains that their family is in poverty. When Arnold talks about his parents’ dreams, he states that they dreamed about becoming “something other than poor, but they never got the chance to be anything because nobody paid attention to their dreams” (Alexie 11). Since they were poor, no one paid attention to their dreams. Arnold explains, “You start believing you're poor because you're stupid and ugly” (13). Poverty ruined the dreams of Arnold parents’ and Arnold later states “It’s an ugly circle and there’s nothing you can do about it” (13). The Indian’s dreams are hopeless with this endless circle. Poverty drags the hopes and dreams of the Indians on the rez making them lose hope for a better future.
I agree maybe if people had decided to pay attention to there dreams they could have been good at it.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your idea as well. Junior's mom wanted to be a teacher, but she had no money for college. Junior's dad wanted to be a Jazz Sax player, but he also couldn't. Junior wants to break that ugly circle by becoming an artist, and achieve his dream.
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