Junior says he will always love his tribe because they treated him normally again the day his grandmother died. Even though they were extremely mad at him, they still respected him because they realized how much pain he was in.
I think what this reveals about Junior is that he still feels loyalty to the tribe that brought him up, and he has not started to become white and ignore the Native Americans, like many white people do. Despite them no longer caring for him, he still embraces them and their culture, and will always stay rooted to it. This also shows that he is forgiving, as he has obviously forgiven his tribe, even if they don't regret what they are doing. On pages 160 - 161, he describes how he feels about Rowdy. "Even Rowdy just stood far away. He would always be my best friend, no matter how much he hated me." This is an extreme version of what has already been shown, because Rowdy has been worse to Junior than his tribe. In addition to giving Junior a possible concussion and possible brain damage, he gave Junior the finger and emailed Junior his posterior.
I cannot come up with enough to say about either of the two questions, so I will also post a free response.
Questions to think about:
Do you think Junior's tribe gave him peace that day partially because they also loved his grandmother, and therefore realized how awful a loss it was?
When Billionaire Ted offers the powwow dance outfit, why does Junior's mom say no?
Do you think there is a chance that it actually is Grandmother Spirit's, but Junior's mom does not want to be reminded that she is dead?
Do you think that this increases the chance that Rowdy will make up with Junior, or does he still hate Junior?
I think Rowdy and Junior's friendship is picking itself up again and working towards becoming better. It is definitely in a better spot than it was before now. Their relationship will never go back to being as trustworthy and whole as it was before Junior made the big decision to go to Reardan and "betray" the rez, but I think there is still hope left that they can be friends again.
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I think that Junior was given peace because his tribe members know how much he was grieving and even though every body on the rez hates him. I think the people on the rez still respect him enough that they must leave him alone. I think they know how hard they've been on Arnold and his grandmothers death has really pushed it over the edge.
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I agree with Madison because I think that even though Rowdy and Junior have gone through a very tough time, I think that their friendship will soon be mended-- it may not be as good as new as in how it was before Junior left for Reardan, but I think that it will turn out to be okay. And to answer your other question: Do you think there is a chance that it actually is Grandmother Spirit's, but Junior's mom does not want to be reminded that she is dead?, I think that it is not the grandmother's dress because I think that the family has already come to accept the death, so I think that it is just not her dress.
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