Junior goes to Rowdy’s house on Thanksgiving because he misses his friend. Rowdy’s dad answers the door drunk. Junior gives him a cartoon to give to Rowdy. Instead of realizing that Junior is trying to reach out to his friend and fix their friendship, Rowdy’s dad calls the cartoon gay and also calls Junior gay. This shows that Rowdy’s dad is the stereotypical drunk indian on the reservation and this helps Junior realize why his friend is always angry and why he acts the way he does. Junior sees Rowdy in the window as he’s walking away. Rowdy gives him the finger after Junior waves to him, but he never tears up the cartoon. This gives Junior hope that he still cares about him. Knowing how physically violent Rowdy can get, by not ripping the cartoon, we can assume that he does care about Junior and misses him. Junior walks away feeling a little better knowing that his friendship is not completely lost.
I agree, I think that Rowdy definitely still cares for Junior as a friend a little bit, or else he would have ripped up that comic without even looking at it. However, Rowdy looks at Junior sadly like he misses the good old days, then quickly hides his true feelings. "He was watching me walk away. And I could see the sadness in his face. I just knew he missed me, too" (Alexie, 103).
ReplyDeleteYes I agree. I think that Rowdy still cares about juniour and there friendship, also Rowdy never ripped up the cartoon because that is something his friend cares about so he wouldnt want to hurt something his friend cares about.
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