Tuesday, November 20, 2018
Explain the humor/irony of the title of the chapter, “Rowdy and I Have a Long and Serious Discussion About Basketball.”-🤪🇭🇹Judy Moody🇭🇹🤪
In the chapter title "Rowdy and I Have a Long and Serious Discussion
About Basketball" has a little bit of irony because going into the chapter you'd think that Rowdy would be so rude and cruel to Junior in his email. However, he had a decent tone in his
email and still had a little "Rowdy flair" in him. I think that Rowdy has finally had an epiphany that Junior and him are together forever even though they may have their downsides they work together as one despite the challenges along the way. This shows that Junior's point that Indians are close shows that it could even be in the hardest of time they're like glue.
Although in the chapter title they're is some irony they're is also some humor
in the chapter title. Junior describes the conversation as a long and serious on e, but I think that this is funny because in the chapter there's is a lively almost friendly conversation between the 2 Indians. Personally, I think that Junior prior to the conversation is very stressed about the reaction of his worst enemy, Rowdy. Thorough out the book you can see that Junior always has expectations for himself others and so much more. Leading to why he possibly exaggerated the title of the chapter.
1.What do you think of this reading and Why? Text is needed
2.Would you be sad if you won to Wellpinit? Why?
3.How do you feel about Arnold currently?Why? Use text to help explain your opinion
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The first chapter that we read tonight is what stood out to me the most. It was definitely full of much emotion, and it was very easy to understand and see Junior’s perspective. I believe that the basketball game against Wellpinit was very hard for Junior because it caused him to think about his actions and beliefs. I think that Junior really got caught in the moment of his victory, and he didn’t think about how the other side was feeling. In reality however, he was more of the other side (Wellpinit) than he was of his team. He stood out at Reardan. He didn’t have a very bright future, he didn’t have the latest technologies, and he didn’t have the nicest clothes. He was just like most of the kids at Wellpinit. As it says on page 195 “I knew that two or three of those Indians may not have eaten breakfast that morning. No food in the house. I knew that seven or eight of those Indians lived with drunken mothers and fathers.” What Junior is describing here is pretty much his life. Even though he is on a team full of wealthy white kids, he is still an outsider. He is still like the kids back at Wellpinit, only when he’s at school he doesn’t always realize it. However, when he is full of joy and is celebrated by his classmates, he looks back at where he was a couple of months ago, and he definitely does not like what he sees. He is happy that he is at a better school, however, he feels bad for all of the other kids who are still stuck back at the reservation. As it says on page 195 “We had defeated the enemy! We had defeated the champions! We were David who’d thrown a stone into the brain of Goliath! And then I realized something. I realized that my team, the Reardan Indians, was Goliath.” This quote to me shows that Junior is remorseful of who he has become in the face of who he once was. Do you think that the whole concept of David and Goliath has occurred previously in this novel?
ReplyDeleteI would have been sad because at the beginning Arnold was very confident he would beat there team and if he lost he will be very up set. Also I feel like he will be probably get the blame put on him for losing and would get laughed at b kids at the rez.
ReplyDeleteIf I won against Welpinit, I would feel would be bitter-sweet. This is because it would feel good to win against your worst enemy/best friend but, at the same time it would feel cruel because all the Welpinint kids have no money, some have no parents or they have neglectful parents or they have alcoholic parents, they have no future and nowhere to go but the reservation. On the other hand, the Rearden kids have cars, money, a good education, college in their future, and places to go. One of the only things that the Welpinit kids have is winning and basketball. When the Rearden kids beat them, they took that away from them.
ReplyDelete2.Would you be sad if you won to Wellpinit? Why?
ReplyDeleteIf I was Arnold, I would be sad if I had beaten Wellpinit. Wellpinit is the place where Arnold grew up, faced adversity, learned how to deal with pain, and dealt with the hardships that came with being in poverty. Arnold feels committed to the Reservation, as he understands the hardships that many children there have gone through. Arnold used basketball as a way to harness his pain and grievances and turn it into a positive way to cope with tragedy. Arnold realizes that many other kids on the Reservation are using basketball in a similar way, and losing a basketball game has a deeper meaning than meets the eye. Losing a basketball game could mean physical and oral abuse from relatives and parents, losing hope, and missing opportunities. In conclusion, if I were Arnold, I would be sad if I had beaten Wellpinit because the kids who go to school at Reardan are privileged and have many opportunities awaiting them, while losing a basketball game is a much deeper and meaningful hardship for the kids who go to school at Wellpinit.
I would be sad if I had beaten Wellpinit. Rearden doesn't need that win. Wellpinit does. It gives the kids of Wellpinit a little bit of hope snd confidence when they beat the affluent farm town they always lose to. The victory may be small, but it will gives them a little light in their dark, dark lives. Arnold tells us "I knew two or three of those Indians might not have had breakfast in the morning. No food in the house. I knew seven or eight of those Indians lived with drunken mothers and fathers. I knew one of those Indians has a father who dealt with crack and meth. I knew two of those Indians had fathers in prison. I knew none of them was going to college. Not one of them" (195)" Rearden already has wins, decent parents and a future. The least they could do to help is offer them a lamp to light their dark world by losing this game. I would feel bad I hadn't and they should too. Do you agree with me? Should they have lost the game on purpose? What does Arnold jumping higher than Rowdy symbolize (use text)?
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