Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Reading #6: 168-198 Summarize the outcome of the game. Why does Junior cry at the end. What does he realize? -Danny K.
In the chapter, In Like a Lion, Junior wins the basketball game against Wellpinit but realizes that he destroyed Rowdy's hopes. After Junior wins the game, he narrates, "I was crying because I had broken my best friend's heart" (Alexie 196). In this quote Junior realizes that basketball was all that Rowdy had. When Rowdy would go home his father would hurt him. For the people at Reardan, their lives would have been great still because they have a copious supply of money and will go to college. Their lives are "set" for themselves. This means that they will have a good life even if they lose a basketball game i.e. losing a game will not impact their hopes and future. For the kids at Wellpinit in the reservation, they do not have much of a future. Junior says "I knew that none of them were going to college. Not one of them" (Alexie 195). This way, basketball acts as a hope in their crumbling lives. However, when Junior won the basketball game against Wellpinit, he took away that hope. This made Rowdy have nothing good in his life, leaving him with nothing pleasant in his life, just harsh poverty. When Junior understands this he sees that he stole Rowdy's dreams, causing him to cry and be upset. The way that Rowdy felt about basketball reminds me of how the Younger family felt about the ten thousand dollar check. The check was the Younger's hope and dreams and when it was taken away, they were left with sadness, just Rowdy. When Junior realizes that he took away Rowdy's hope, he becomes upset.
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ReplyDeleteI partly agree with your reasoning for why he is crying. It is because he is sad about beating rowdy, but he is also 'betraying' his race. He felt like "I was David and had thrown a stone against the mighty Goliath," but as he continued he realized that he was Goliath. This caused his pain, and his guilt, which is his main reason for sadness , in my opinion. (Ian)
ReplyDeleteI agree with both of your opinions, that Junior is ashamed of beating his best friend for whom basketball is everything, and that he is upset when he realizes that he has betrayed his own race. Junior was not only upset that he beat Rowdy, but he was also regretful of how much he had wanted to retaliate. He says, "I was suddenly ashamed that I'd wanted so badly to take revenge on them. I was suddenly ashamed of my anger, my rage, and my pain" (Alexie 196). Junior realized that he destroyed Wellpinit's hopes by winning the game, and he was embarrassed that he had wanted revenge so much.
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I agree with you Danny, but I disagree with your description to the first quote. "I was crying because I had broken my best friend's heart" (Alexie 196). I think you got most of the meaning, but you missed the word "hope." Arnold still has hope because he went to Reardon, but Rowdy doesn't. Rowdy had the slightest bit of hope left. He thought he could make it to the NBA. Arnold still has hope because he has gone to Reardon. So not only did he break his heart he took away Rowdy's last bit of hope. He made Rowdy give up.
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