Friday, November 4, 2016
3. 3. Why is Junior hesitant to tell Rowdy? Why does he tell him? How does Rowdy react? Why does he react this way? Jacob Schuster
Junior is hesitant to tell Rowdy that he is transferring to Reardon because he thinks that Rowdy will get very mad or might accuse him of betraying the community. The people on the reservation compete with Reardon and don’t like the kids there because they are white and and more privileged than themselves. Eventually, Junior tells Rowdy that he wants to transfer and tries to persuade him to come with him because Rowdy is his best and only friend. After Junior tells Rowdy, Rowdy first thinks that Junior is lying or kidding, but when he realizes that Junior is saying the truth, he gets very mad. Rowdy says, “I don’t even drive through that town, what makes you think I want to go to school there?” (Alexie 49) Rowdy reacts this way because he thinks of Reardon as a racist place in a racist town.
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I agree with Jacob on the fact that the reason why Junior was hesitant to tell Rowdy about transferring to Rearden was because he was afraid of the reaction Rowdy would have to his betrayal. I also think that telling Rowdy about it would make it a real situation in Junior’s head, and although Junior made the decision himself to leave the reservation school, it’s still hard for Junior to transfer away from where he has been his whole life with Rowdy, to an unknown school where he doesn’t fit in. Junior doesn’t want to admit to himself that he will miss having Rowdy around everyday, and he knows himself that Rowdy won’t have an easy time taking the news. “My heart broke into 14 pieces, one for each year that Rowdy and I had been best friends” (Alexie 52)
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