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Arnold Spirit Analysis

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In the beginning of the story, Arnold Spirit also known as Junior explained what was wrong with him. Explained that he was born with “water on the brain”. Even after surgery, he would have been affected with serious brain damage and had a potential of dying. But he didn’t. You could say he was abnormal. He was talking about all his problems, he stutters and has a lisp when he talks. He talks about him get treated differently, even from a doctor who is white as it says in chapter 1. These are the reasons why Junior gets bullied, he’s Indian (brown skin color) and he stutters and has a lisp. Oscar, Junior’s dog was his best friend. Junior loved him more than anyone. But one day he was shot, by Junior’s dad because Oscar was sick and they couldn’t afford to bring him to the vet. Junior was …show more content…

Junior also loved Rowdy a lot. But he didn’t ever mention that to Rowdy because he wasn’t like that. He is the toughest kid on the rez. He beats up everyone, except for his best friend Junior. Junior gets beat up a lot. His first fist fight was when he was 3 and he only won 5 and lost 102 in his whole life as it says on page 62. Junior was used to it, he didn’t enjoy it but he was used to it. On Junior’s first day of highschool, he got suspended for throwing a textbook at his teacher, Mr. P. A few days later he got a visit from Mr. P along with a very long talk. After the talk, Junior decided to switch schools from Mr. P’s request. Not because Mr. P didn’t like him anymore, it was for his own good. He wanted to switch to Reardan highschool,, where all the rich white kids go. Well he had to break the news to his best friend Rowdy and his parents but his parents accepted his choice. Rowdy wasn’t happy with Junior’s decision. Junior insisted for Browdy to come but he refused. Browdy was devastated but Junior made the switch without Browdy anyways. His first day at Reardan, he punched a guy named Rogers in the face, he made his nose bleed like

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