Junior Rowdy Quotes

A tough teenager who stands up for Junior whenever he is bullied. He is the best friend of Junior until Junior decides to transfer from the reservation to Wellspinit High School. However, he still becomes the best friend of Junior at the end of the novel. He has dealt with the problem of Junior leaving him and losing his only friend. He also competed with Junior in the basketball tournament representing their own school. He has to overcome the fact that Junior may never be a member of the First Nations and integrated in to the new community. Finally, he decides to accept the truth and be Junior’s friend again. Rowdy starts as a tough teenager and stands up for Junior whenever he is bullied. After Junior leaves him, he starts to get angry with

Rob aims to get Simon elected Class favorite at the end of the year. Young gets nominated at most likely to succeed, Bob most handsome, Coop most athletic, Rob class favorite, and Simon wittiest and also class favorite. before the results are in Coop must take the Act and score a 15 in order to get a scholarship. After taking it Coop does not feel so well so Simon offers to take it for him and gets a score good enough to get Coop a scholarship. Coops dad always told him that he would never be anything more than a no one who picks up people's trash, by getting this scholarship Coop is able to prove him wrong. While all of this has been happening Young has fallen in love with Ronna Perry and has dated her since the beginning of the year at homecoming. Simon also somewhat likes Ronna. Rob talked to Young and told him that he needed to dump Ronna and let Simon date her instead so he can be more popular and have a better shot at class favorite. Young is devastated by this but accepts because of what him and Simon found out about Rob. Simon and young discover that Rob’s last name is Baddeck and actually moved from in state rather than out of state. Rob’s dad had actually molested Rob for up to sixteen years. Simon suspects that Rob is gay because Rob let it go on for sixteen years. Ultimately because of this Young breaks up with Ronna and gives her to Simon where he discovers he can never

People who enjoy realistic-fiction novels that include sibling rivalry, sports, making life changes, and the tension of a dysfunctional family environment will be interested in reading this journal writing from the first person perspective of Paul Fisher. This novel includes characteristics of middle school encounters ; therefor, ages 10 and up will appreciate this

Johnny Cade is a shy and scared guy, but by the end of the book, he has developed a sense of braveness. Johnny got beat up by the Soc’s in the beginning, but then they tried to beat him and Ponyboy up but Johnny murdered him. Ever since then, he has developed a sense of braveness. On page 12 it says that, “He had a nervous and suspicious look in his eyes, ever since he got that beating from the Soc’s. He has acted like he was going to get beat up by every person he saw besides his gang. (pg #12). Then on page 57 it says, “You really killed him, huh, Johnny?” “Yeah” Johnny said. With these two pieces of evidence we we tell that in the beginning of the book Johnny was scared of every person he saw, but by the middle of the book, we can tell that

When Bryce Loski was seven years old, he moved into a new neighborhood. A little girl named Juli Baker lived across the street. She insisted on helping Bryce and his family move in but was a little too pushy and had muddy shoes and Bryce was immediately annoyed by her. Juli was constantly at the door wanting to play; Bryce's dad made many excuses for him for several weeks. Bryce started second grade, Juli Baker constantly pestered him, following him around at school, This went on til seventh grade, when Bryce's grandfather Chet Duncan moves in with the family. Chet finds Juli different, special, kind of girl who's hard to come across. there was this old sycamore tree that Juli loved to climb and no one ever understood why. One day, the

Jessica is the new girl, while Alexia is popular and bratty. Peter is the class clown, while his friend Luke is the smart kid and a total nerd. Danielle is shy and has a hard time standing up for herself. Anna is an outcast because of her home situation, and Jeffery hates everything. Mr. Terupt is the new teacher who knows how to deal with them all. The class wanted to have a great year with their new favorite teacher, but then a playful joke turns into a possibly fatal freak accident. So, the kids grow very close to each other as they hold onto hope that their teacher will be okay.

Furthermore, another character that proves that Victor Hugo is trying to say that human nature is basically good is Javert. On page 336 it states, “Javert felt that something horrible was penetrating his soul, admiration for a convict. Repose first for a galley slave can that be possible? He shuddered at it yet could not shake it off… Javert bent his head and looked. All was black. He could distinguish nothing. He heard a frothing sound; but he did not see the river…”. This quote by Victor Hugo emphasizes on this unusual emotion of goodness arousing within Javert. It’s revealing a transformation of Javert’s character from a hardened law worshipper directly to someone feeling for a convict. Javert is seen gaining his conscious and eventually

Deej Logan was just like any normal high school girl. She woke up on her first day of school and combed her hair, picked out the “perfect” outfit and headed out the door. What she didn’t know is that after that day nothing would be the same. Nothing that day seemed to be going right. At school drama was swarming all around her, not exactly what she hoped the first day would be like. By the time the last bell of the day rang she was more than happy to get out of that school. She drove home as quickly as she could but as soon as she got home she realized that she had forgotten to pick up her sisters. “Great.” She thought sarcastically as she sat back down in her car and drove off. Just then she pulled out her phone to message one of her friends about her awful day. That one decision changed everything. Before she had a chance to send the message Deej veered off into oncoming traffic and was killed on impact.

Another mentor in Junior's life is his Wellpinit teacher Mr. P. Mr.P demonstrates great understanding, encouragement and regret towards Junior and his people. Mr. P’s understanding was shown shortly after a mishap where Junior throws a textbook at him in frustration, after finding his mother's name written in it. Instead of getting angry at Junior he is rather understanding. He knows Junior only threw it in anger at the fact he can't learn from new curriculums, Junior is someone who wants more in his education, this is seen when he says “And let me tell you, that old, old, old decrepit geometry book hit my heart with the force of a nuclear bomb. My hopes and dreams floated up in a mushroom cloud.” Instead of getting mad, Mr. P understands Junior's want for education. Lastly, Mr.P is the one who recognized Junior's intelligence and pushes him to find hope in a new school. This was shown when he says “Son,’ Mr.P said. ‘You're going to find more and more hope the farther and farther you walk away from this sad, sad, sad reservation.” (Alexie 43) Thanks to Mr. P’s encouragement Junior makes the decision to attend Reardan, where he meets wonderful people,

Acknowledged in both novels, Junior and Jin’s spontaneous actions leave them both friendless and bruised. In Junior’s case, this meant ditching the reservation’s schooling system and finding one that surpasses the education he was taught. In the spur of the moment, Junior decides to do just that and attend an all-white school in the neighboring town. Getting the courage to tell his best friend, Junior braces himself for Rowdy’s reaction. Denial embedded his friend’s senses; remoteness then trickled its way through his head

The high school on the reservation was so helpless that the books were as old as Junior’s parents! There were times when Junior’s breakfast was a gallon of orange flavor drink mix. The only Christmas gift he’d receive was a five dollar bill if he was even lucky. Living like this and to not give up like the rest made him a survivor. Junior’s sister had given up school, but once had a dream of writing romance novels. Along with Junior’s sister, Junior’s father and mother gave up way before she did. Everyone else on the reservation had given up since it was ultimately a death camp. Even the young teenagers had given up in school.

At Preston high school, it was like any other day, kids being bullied and drugs being used. This kind of stuff went on everyday inside of Preston High school, but this school was all they had in the town of Rapid City and the people got used to it. It was a more southern town, located in Alabama. Many words can describe what goes on there; hatred, abuse, and slacking. But the school is not all bad, as they had good people there, but the kind of people that were bullied. There was a girl named Jenna that was always a bully, because she was the popular girl, with the thought of being better than everyone else, especially with her amazing beauty and physique. Every day she bullied poor little Carlos. He never did anything wrong, but she was

Tensions in the book accumulate, coming to a head during the basketball game between Reardan and Wellpinit – the reservation school. During one of the first games of the season, a Wellpinit versus Reardan game, Rowdy gave Junior a concussion. In this game later in the season, Junior is drive by revenge – but also so

Everyone in Welch doesn’t like newcomers. Jeannette and Brian were enrolled in schools there and Jeannette’s mom didn’t’ have any of their records from Phoenix so they go to the principal to talk and the principal asks them very simple questions to see their intelligence. However, it does not work out very well because of the accent of the principal. After trying to figure out what the principal was saying they end up in classes with other kids that have learning disabilities. The first day of fifth grade for Jeannette was terrible for her. Jeannette got beat up from a girl named Dinitia. Dinitia would bully Jeannette everyday. Jeannette knows that her mom and dad can’t help so she tries to befriend Dinitia. Jeannette then sees the good side of Dinitia, and tries to be friends with her. Jeannette then sees Dinitia scaring a dog away from a kid and Dinitia befriended Jeannette. Jeannette’s parents decide to go to Phoenix to get what they left behind. The first day Jeannette’s parent are gone Erma calls Brian so she can fix his pants. When Jeannette goes to check on them she sees Erma touching Brian’s private parts. Jeannette then screams that Erma is a pervert and Lori, who is now thirteen, starts screaming at her and fighting with her physically. Erma then locks them in the basement, which has a door to go outside, but they can’t go inside the house. When Jeannette’s parents come back Dad found out what happened to Brian. Dad acts very strangely, which made Jeannette wonder if Erma did that to him as a kid. Mom and dad’s car broke down on there way back to Phoenix so they had to take a bus back, and they couldn’t get back the stuff they left in Phoenix. Mom and Dad decide to buy their own house in Welch because of Erma. The house they bought was in the worst part of Welch. It had a leaking roof, three rooms, and no plumbing. After awhile there a bully named Ernie Goad makes fun of Jeannette for living in trash. The

Junior first thought of finding hope is when Mr. P, his math teacher at the reservation told him that he needs to go and find hope. Mr.P said “You’re going to find more and more hope the farther and farther, you walk away from this sad, sad, sad reservation” (43). What Mr. P is saying tis hat Junior has to leave the reservation to find hope. When Junior told his best friend Rowdy that he is transferring to a different school, Rowdy is very upset. Rowdy yelled “Don’t touch me, you retard fag! My heart broke into fourteen pieces, one for each year that Rowdy and I had been best friend”(52). This is because Rowdy is very sad and mad at the same time and he does not know what to do with his emotions. What he said hurt Junior a lot. Junior believes that they have been best friends for fourteen years! Rowdy calling him name and beating him have not happened before because they are best friend, and it is Rowdy’s job to defend Junior from other kids bullying him. Junior transferring to a new school hurt both Rowdy and Junior and their friendship of fourteen years, but Junior is determine to go to find hope.