Junior's Identity

Lidia
Junior's Identity

      At the end of the novel, Junior is shooting hoops with Rowdy and they aren't keeping score because the game they are playing isn't about keeping score. It's about being together as friends. Junior os the Indian on the Rez. that has decided to be a better person and has decided to live life to it's fullest. He does not want to be like the other Indians, where they are afraid of the white people, or they are mean to the white people. He does not want to become an alcoholic like the rest of his family, ever. "It's pretty." Rowdy said. "I've never seen anything so pretty." It was the only time I'd ever heard him talk like that. (pg. 226)
     I think this quote relates to the new Junior because when Rowdy said this, I believe Junior wanted Rowdy to turn into that kind of person. He wanted Rowdy to also move away from the life of an alcoholic. That is also why Junior was so sad to hear that his sister had become one as well. Junior's life literally revolves around alcohol and he doesn't want that, so he decides to become the alcohol free Indian.