English Notes
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September 16, 2015
Wealthy
Easy life
Nice things (clothes, sneakers, etc.)
Bright future
Hope
Indian
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Poor, less fortunate
Difficult life
Lacks expensive clothing
Vanishing past
Bone-crushing reality
Knows his future is lacking
Garbage bag book bag
Author’s tone:
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Humorous “skin-thirty” for lack of a watch
Serious “vanishing past”
Narrator (Arnold Spirit, Jr.):
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Humorous, positive outlook
Born with water on the brain, wasn’t expected to make it through the surgery
So poor that he had to use a reservation dentist to pull 10 teeth with ½ Novocain
Wore government issued glasses (ugly, thick, black plastic)
Size 11 feet
So skinny—looks like an L
Lives on a reservation “Rez”
Big head
Seizures
Lisp and stutter—made fun of, called retarded
Beat up at least once a month (“Black Eye Club”)
Draws cartoons because everyone can understand them
Has a best friend, Rowdy
Feels that since his skin color is brown, he will make a good artist