Betrayal may be the key to helping oneself. A person may betray its family, culture, or tribe and sometimes it may be all three. If a person betrayed something that had a negative effect on them they may be awarded friends, respect, and support. Junior in Sherman Alexie’s novel The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian was awarded all three. Junior is a Spokane Indian that left his Reservation school for a richer and better school called Reardan. Junior let down his tribe, family, and culture when he left to go to Reardan, but he gained more friends, support, and respect. While he was attending Reardan he was more respected by his peers. The betrayal positively effected Junior because of the friends, support, and respect that he gained. Junior is treated better at Reardan than at the Reservation. People that attend the Reservation made fun of him and beat him up, but when he was at Reardan Junior established dominance and was no longer made fun of. Junior said how he “punched …show more content…
Junior gained friends while he was at Reardan. Junior was shocked when “Penelope chose me to be her new friend” (192 online), since he only had Rowdy as a friend at the Reservation. When Junior was at Reardan he talked to different people, and made new friends. When Gordy and Junior had a conversation Junior said “we became friends” (79 online). Junior was a poor kid and did not have a lot of money. He was scared to tell everyone that he was poor because he “figured it wouldn’t do any good if they knew he was dirt poor” (99 online). However, when his friends found out they felt sorry for him, and he said that they were “Being a really good friend” (106 online). When Roger found out that he had no money, he was being a good friend and “lent him money” (106 online). The way Junior was treated at Reardan, let him know that he was liked by many
Not only does the novel use the Party’s intolerance of betrayal to its ideologies as a method to facilitate the feeling of alienation and loneliness, but also that of the individual characters’ betrayal of one another. There are several examples of this throughout the novel. Some of these examples are when Charrington betrays Winston and Julia, when Parsons is betrayed by his children, when Winston and Julia betray one another, and when Winston finally betrays himself. George Orwell used these examples to demonstrate how the party was able to sever any type of loyalties between people and even one’s self. This betrayal only perpetuates the fear of relationships causing people to welcome isolation.
The Spokane Indians held these "rules" in such high regard that when Junior actually followed these rules and struck his bully in the face, the bully just stood in awe. In Junior 's society the logical thing to do would be to attack when you are highly insulted. But on the contrary, this new society did not follow his rules, nor did they have any of their own. By giving us, the readers, this list the author has strengthened his logos factor in this particular story.
Following the creation of the Mayflower compact, John Carver was the first elected governor of Plymouth. However, he died during the first winter and was succeeded by William
The role of mother during 1970’s was to take care of the family, not by money, but emotional and physical help. Whether that be taking care of the family when they were sick or maintain the house by cleaning. It was also a time in which women's voices and opinions were drowned out by their demanding husband for another beer. Edith Bunker from All in the Family followed these roles and stereotypes to a “T”.
During World War II and the Holocaust, there was not only mistrust for the government but there was also plenty of mistrust for prior friends and neighbors. In the graphic novel, “Maus (Volume I and II) Vladek Spiegelman makes it very clear to his son, Artie, that one cannot count on their friends. He makes the point that in time of hardship, friends will abandon you quite quickly. Vladek says, “Friends? Your friends…if you lock them together in a room with no food for a week…then you could see what it is, friends! (Maus, VI. 5-6). Throughout the novel, we see examples of this gloomy point proven repeatedly.
The upshot of all this is that, Junior’s decision about leaving the Rez and moving to Reardan for a better education was tough. He faced lot of problems; he felt lonely because of losing his best friend, and afraid of death of his tribe and family. Although he suffered from the entire bad things that happened to him, it was the best decision that he had made for his life. “I realized that I might be a lonely Indian boy, but I
Junior grows up on the reservation where he has been bullied his whole life for being different, only when leaving does he learn to accept his differences, and all aspects of his personality, both Arnold and Junior. When he first enters Reardan his birth name is introduced as Arnold, and when he tells people his name is junior they do not believe him. Consequently, when he first meets Penelope he introduces himself as Junior, then when his birth name is revealed he says this “She accused me of telling her my real name. Well, okay, it wasn't completely my real name ... "My name is Junior," I said. "And my name is
In John Steinbeck's short story," The Chrysanthemums," there is a strong underlining of betrayal. We can see betrayal in three forms throughout the story. First we see Elisa being betrayed by the salesman who plays on her emotions by giving her a sales pitch only to get some work out of her. Then, in result to confiding in the salesman Elisa betrays her husband by opening herself up, and confiding to a complete stranger things which she couldn't reveal to her own husband. Finally, we see Elisa betraying herself by not allowing herself to fully express her true emotions, and by being too afraid to step out of societies norms for woman during this time.
Authors often use their works as a way to express their own opinions and ideologies. However, it is the skill of the author that determines whether these ideas are combined with the plot seamlessly, making a creative transition of ideas from the author’s mind, to the reader’s. There is no doubt that George Orwell is a masterful writer, and one of his most popular works, 1984, clearly expresses his negative views of the Totalitarian government. A common theme in the dystopian society in 1984 is betrayal: The Party is very intolerant towards any form of disloyalty, and anyone who plots against them or Big Brother will eventually either betray their own mind and accept Big Brother as their leader, or be betrayed and revealed to The Party by
In a novel that revolves almost solely around sin, the consequences of said sin, and redemption, there is no greater sin than that of revenge. No character in The Scarlet Letter is free of sin, but all gain some sort of redemption, save one Roger Chillingworth, who is arguably the greatest sinner of them all. Hester Prynne may have committed adultery, and Arthur Dimmesdale may have also committed adultery with Hester (as a priest, no less), but sins of passion are not the same as sins of vengeance and anger. These sins of revenge and madness are what Chillingworth is guilty of, ultimately making him the worst sinner in the entire book.
At first Junior didn't like himself; he was constantly beaten up, he had a lisp and stuttered so he had no self-confidence. When he made the decision to go to Reardan, a white school, even Rowdy left him. Rowdy thought Junior was betraying their school by going away and transferring so Rowdy didn't talk to Junior anymore. Without his best friend, Junior completely lost hope. He was scared of the white people and did not expect them to welcome him. He was right. Most of the Americans were cold to him and he did not try to raise his status. Many of the white people made fun of him, and when one guy, Roger, said "Did you know that Indians are living proof that niggers f*** buffalo?" (pg. 64) he felt that he had to stop it. So he punched him. Junior was expecting to get punched back, but he didn't. In the Indian Reservation, he
Junior easily loves Rowdy the most out of all of his friends. Even after all of the times that he was mean to Junior and when he has his outburst, Junior knows that Rowdy needs friends and that it’s all just temporary. Junior also knows Rowdy’s secrets and has never given them away. This is the sign of a true friendship. Rowdy also has never given away any of Junior’s secrets which shows that even though he’s been mean, he still wants to be friends. Junior also loves his other friends because of how much they support him too, especially Penelope and Gordy.
Carol Ann Duffy and William Blake both explore aspects of betrayal, but from different perspectives. While Duffy explores the betrayal of a single person, Blake explores the type of betrayal that corrupts and oppresses a society as a whole from the point of view of an outsider. Carol Ann Duffy presents the sense of betrayal in her poem Havisham in many ways. She successfully presents this theme in the first line of stanza one: “Beloved sweetheart bastard.
That’s right folks, you read the headline right! Lately in Reardan High School, the new student named Junior is the talk of the school. His real name is Arnold and he is a Indian who came from the Spokane Indian Reservation. We have asked his classmates about what are their opinions and thoughts about him. Most of them have said, their first impression of Junior was interesting, considering he was one of the first Indians willing to go to a school like Reardan. According to a classmate, Junior was in a fight where he punched a guy’s face. And ended up winning people’s respect, especially the guy he fought with. He is now dating the “prettiest girl” in the school and is fitting in with all of the kids. He recently tried out for basketball and
In William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, the theme of betrayal is most apparent. One betrayal causes an entire family to fall. These three characters portray many forms of betrayal; Gertrude ( the queen), Ophelia, and even Hamlet himself. Hamlet is also meant to be a tragic play. Most of the characters in the play have very selfish motives.