Monday, April 28, 2008

The absolutely true diary of a Part- time Indian (part 3)

Pages 65-117.
One day, when Junior couldn't stand anymore, he punched Roger in the face, one of his classmates. Because Roger insulted Junior and Indians. Roger didn't do anything after that. Junior said he wanted to finish the fight in the day after. As soon as he came home, he was scared. He had challenged Roger, a big boy. He asked his grandma for an advice. She told him that Roger "respected" him because Roger didn't hit Junior.
Like his grandma said, after that day, Junior went to school. Roger didn't say anything about fighting with Junior. He just smiled. He seemed to be friendlier with Junior. In his class, Gordy, the class genius, taught Junior many things about how to read a book. He's so smart and a good friend too. Everything was becoming better, but Penelope, one of Junior’s classmates, a beautiful girl, still hated Junior because he's an Indian. In the Halloween day, Junior and Penelope wanted to save money for homeless Native Speaker. But there were a thief, they stole all Junior's money. Penelope was very worried about him. After that, Penelope started becoming friendlier with Junior. They were a couple. That time, in Junior’s family had a big: his sister wanted to marry a flathead Indian and move to Montana. That was a shock with his family. The sister was living a romantic novel. She loved her life in Montana. She, a girl always wants to live alone in her room and writes romantic novels, wanted to have a new life far away from the rez, the Indian reservation. It was the big change with Indians in the reservation.

My response: This book is really interesting! I like it. I like Junior and his character. I like Penelope, Gordy, and Rowdy. But in this part, I like his sister. She was so brave. She dared to think and dared to act. She looks like a bird. The mature bird wants to fly to another place. I hope she could have a good life with her decision. For Junior, his first love was really cute. His relationship with his classmate was better. He was stronger and braver. Many things are in front of Junior, I hope he can handle them and have a beautiful life like his sister.

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