Seminar 6

Susceptible (page 3)- Easily imposed; prone; vulnerable

Impediments (page 4) - Something that impedes; a hindrance or obstruction.

Reservation (page 43)- A tract of land set apart by the federal government for a special purpose, especially one for the use of a Native American people.

Quote 1 - You've been fighting since you were born," he said. "you fought off that brain surgery. You fought off those seizures. You fought off all the drunk and drug addicts. other people have hope." (Sherman Alexie page 43)

This stood out for me because for a young boy to struggle throughout his life to fight off his health issues and had made it that far was outstanding in my eyes. To overcome all that, that meant he could overcome anything that comes his way. He fought the seizer and all the bad around him, now it was time for him to fight for a better life.

quote 2- " I want to go to Readan, " I said again. I couldn't believe I was saying it. For me, it seemed as real as saying, " I want to fly to the moon." ( page 46 Sherman Alexie)

Junior ( is a Native American budding cartoonist who leaves his school on the Spokane Indain Reservation to attend an all- white high school.) was starting to make the first step of changing his life for the best. He could't believe that he was saying this because he never thought that he would be the first to leave the reservation from his family. He was in shock to make a huge step. this was going to change his life from here on out.

Quote for picture- Getting to school was always an adventure. After school, I'd ride the bus to the end of the line and wait for my folks. If they didn't come I start walking, hitching in the opposite direction.( Sherman Alexie pf 87)

Pictures in the book showed junior daily on how he got to and from school. it showed what kind of boy he really was, indeed he had hope for himself. No matter what it took to get to school he did it. If it can down to walking a mile from home, or hitchhiking he did it. Junior has lots of encouragement and determination to get where he was going. It not only showed determination but has made a change in the family cycle. This meant that nobody would ever think of going to a school out of the reservation. This was not even close to what anyone could ever do on the reservation. (Ellen Forney pg 88)