Junior’s friend Gordy says: “Well, life is a constant struggle between being an individual and being a member of the community.” (132)
1. In what ways does Junior struggle to be an individual? In what ways does he struggle
to be a part of a group?
2. Gordy and Junior talk about “weird” people in society. How does society decide
what “weird” is? What makes a person “weird” or “normal”?
3. Junior says that “Some Indians think you become white if you try to make your life
better, if you become successful” (131). Why do you think they feel this way? Why
is being white associated with being successful? Is there any truth to this way of
thinking? What is problematic about thinking this way?
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1. Junior struggles to be an individual by going to a white school, but also struggles to be part of the Spokane reservation even though he's outcasted by his one friend and everybody there believes that he is becoming white and shuns his existence.
ReplyDelete2. The "weird" people are those who have problems, whether they're medical, socio-economic, your social circle, etc. The normal ones are those who don't face significant issues.
3. The Spokane rez is too sunken into believing they will be forever poor and that's the only way they'll be able to keep their Indian identity. White people have had so much success over Indians (besides if you look at the Mohegan tribe and their successful casino business) that it does almost seem like you're trading race because you want things to be better for yourself.
Plus for #3, since they haven't had success in the past, most of them don't try to become successful and don't put in the work for it.
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DeleteJunior tries to be apart of the brand new school he is attending when all the other kids are white people. He also struggles in his basketball try outs and game when all the other Indians basically made fun of him for playing on a white team.
ReplyDeleteUsually the weird people are the Indians or some other race and the normal people are the whites.
They feel this way because they think that they can't become successful like white people so when they try, they act like white people, everyone thinks that only success is for the white people. It is sort of true because people will only hire white people and not Indians and they think they need to be treated better; it's problematic because then the Indians usually don't try to be successful.
Response to 2: Now, why is racism still around is the question here.
Deleteand for two they do not think that they are "Weird" because they don't have the material possessions that other people have.
DeleteThe way that JR tries to be an individual is he goes to a white school with white people and he thinks that because he is an Indian that he is not good enough
ReplyDeleteweird is they way that people present themselves if they do not conform to what "normal" is that they are "weird"
I think that they associate this with the white man because they have their casino and it is a miserable failure and the fact that the white man is successful and they are not is a real troubling issue
This reminds me of the poem because everyones really trying to find themselves and junior is trying to be an individual so he can find himself and be independent
Delete1. Junior struggles to be an individual because he's not candid with everyone about who he is. Also he follows the crowd a lot to fit in. Instead of standing out to be himself. He struggles to be a part of a group by struggling to fit in throughout a white community. But also now he is struggling to be apart of the Spokane reservation because they're not really accepting him anymore since he left and went to an all white school.
ReplyDelete2. Weird people are people who aren't like the average person. They may have different quirks about them. But I think being weird is better than being normal because why be normal when you can stand out? :)
3. I think the Indians feel this way because no Indians become successful. They believe the only way to have a good future is to be white. If you're trying to better yourself then it makes sense that they think you're trying to be white. I guess there is some truth behind this because white people have the perseverance to become better since they haven't had any challenges before. So people who aren't white obviously aren't as determined as white people. But they still do have hope and try. Problematic about thinking this way is believing you are able to achieve something is already half of the process. You're never going to get to your goal with a negative attitude.
I agree on everything you say with number two, expesically about weird is better than being normal because why be normal when you can stand out.
DeleteMorgan, i think you did a great job first of all! and I agree with you on the white people, they are cocky because they came out on top and the indians have nothing to brag about because of all the stereotypes to therefore, they dont have a very good outlook
Delete1) Junior struggles to be an individual and a part of community because he was shunned by his community on the rez and an individual in his school. At the same time I think that he's trying to fit into the community at his new school because he wants to fit in with everyone else, which is why he's been lying about not being poor.
ReplyDelete2) People in society that are considered "weird" are people that may have disabilities, or someone that is interested in something unique that most people aren't interested in. "Normal" people are people that just fit in and don't like anything unique.
3) I think they think this way because of history. With American history the white people have always won and gotten their way. Only white people would own land and have jobs. Also, the media portrays white people as these saints and heroes and all the other ethnicities as villains. However, this is not right because white people aren't better than Indians or other ethnicities.
I think "normal" people are weird. If you don't like anything unique then I don't get how you can be yourself.
DeleteI think that Kasie did very well in expressing what her thoughts are about what society thinks about "weird" people. I agree with her "normal" people ideas saying that they just "fit in". But really, who does?
DeleteI agree with Kasie, how anything like a disabilities or something out of the "normal" that they are use to makes you weird. It keeps you from being an individual.
Delete1. Junior struggles to be an individual because he is very limited to express himself. He struggles to be apart of a group because he is different than others in his school. Junior is the odd one out everywhere he goes except for his own home.
ReplyDelete2. Society shouldn't decide who is weird and who isn't but these days they do. The "weird" people are ones who stick out in a crowd. Society picks out the people that choose to be an individual and society will call them names. Society says "normal" people are always on facebook or twitter, talking about their own lives online, make themselves presentable in front of others in a friendly way. If society was a person, they would definitely go with the crowd and does what the "popular" crowd does.
3. I think that some Indians may think that being white would make you successful because these Indians are always compared to the white people. White is always associated with successful because they may have more opportunity for education and more opportunities for jobs in their own community.
I strongly agree with your answers. Junior does struggle to be a part of a group because he's different than everyone else and doesn't know how to fit in. Also, for number 2, I agree that society shouldn't choose who is "weird" and who is "normal" because everyone should be unique in their own way.
DeleteAngela, I really like your second response, it is very agreeable and I like the way you explained that weird people are people being themselves and are shunned for it. I also really like how you personified society.
Delete1. In what ways does Junior struggle to be an individual? In what ways does he struggle
ReplyDeleteto be a part of a group?
He struggles being an individual, because he doesn't want to be an Indian, like what he is. He wants to be white. But he's an outcast, because he's an Indian. He's been thrown out from his tribe, so he needs to try and be an individual. He struggles with being poor, and not having what everyone else have. He doesn't have the money to keep up with them.
2. Gordy and Junior talk about “weird” people in society. How does society decide
what “weird” is? What makes a person “weird” or “normal”?
Through the media. Magazines, TV Shows, ect. They make ads on what they think 'perfect' people look like, even though they don't exist behind the scenes, and anyone who doesn't meet those standards are considered 'weird' or 'different'. What makes a person 'weird' or 'different', is when they break off of the image of what those on TV look like and act like. I guess, that makes everyone 'weird'.
3. Junior says that “Some Indians think you become white if you try to make your life
better, if you become successful” (131). Why do you think they feel this way? Why
is being white associated with being successful? Is there any truth to this way of
thinking? What is problematic about thinking this way?
I think they feel this way, because attitudes of people change when their lives do. They don't necessarily change their skin, but how they act. Their attitudes, their view points, and even values change, to what Indians may think 'White' people view. White is associated with success, because all other races seem 'inferior' compared to them and their successes. There is a little truth associated to this, however, I think it's more blown up in their minds that our lives are better because of the media, and what they say we have, when most of us are in poverty ourselves. The problematic thing in thinking this way, is that they are not willing to change. And if they aren't willing to change, things are not going to get better for them.
3) I agree with this one about how the people attitude of a person can affect there life and change how they see the world and fit in.
DeleteI defiantly agree with Lea because Through the media. Magazines, TV Shows, ect. They make ads on what they think 'perfect' people look like, even though they don't exist behind the scenes, and anyone who doesn't meet those standards are considered 'weird' or 'different'. What makes a person 'weird' or 'different', is when they break off of the image of what those on TV look like and act like. I guess, that makes everyone 'weird'.'' This quote really show that people could be not true to them self more than they actually think, and after most them actually regret it because they don't feel good about it.
Delete1. In what ways does Junior struggle to be an individual? In what ways does he struggle to be a part of a group?
ReplyDeleteJunior tries to be apart of the brand new school he is attending when all the other kids are white people. He also struggles in his basketball try outs and game when all the other Indians basically made fun of him for playing on a white team.And that Junior really wants to part with the white his and grow up to be a kid that everyone will like him, and know him from doing some thing special.
2. Gordy and Junior talk about “weird” people in society. How does society decide
what “weird” is? What makes a person “weird” or “normal”?
Usually the weird people that have different race from us and that act like they don't belong here and also that have some thing special that we don't as white people.
3. Junior says that “Some Indians think you become white if you try to make your life
better, if you become successful” (131). Why do you think they feel this way? Why
is being white associated with being successful? Is there any truth to this way of
thinking? What is problematic about thinking this way?
Sometimes they feel like the way that Junior feels and they don't become successful people as the white people. The way that they act and how they speak and the different language they have. Sometimes successful white people have more choices and better life.And the Indians don't get a job because of their culture and their problems.
1 Junior struggles to be an individual because he is shaped weird like his head and his huge feet. He thinks that these features make him too different. 2 anything that is different or not what the big stars are doing or wearing is weird. Body features that everyone doesn't have is called weird.
ReplyDelete1. Junior struggles to be himself because he takes a lot of insults from people. And Junior struggles to be part of a group because he has no group to be with. No one will accept him because of his race and his class.
ReplyDelete2. A person who is described as weird is someone that doesn't exactly fit in a certain group or someone that may be misunderstood.
3. They feel this way because they don't want to change who they are, they are proud to be what they are and they see white people as people who start at the top, people who are given everything, and selfish people who have no consideration for anyone but themselves. So the Indians would not want to be anything close to being someone like that.
Junior struggles to be a part of a group because he's considered different than the others. Other people don't accept him because he's not what they're used to. He's Indian and poor, the opposite of the school he attends to.
ReplyDeleteSociety decides what weird is by trying to create an invisible line between "okay" and "not okay". With things like television, people who are different get broadcasted and it creates a bad image for them. People then associate that with weird and anyone who does the same thing would be considered weird.
They feel this way because most Indians are poor and the white are rich. They think if you're white, you're rich. It's problematic because they try to become something you're not.
Question 1 reminds me of the poem 'Endless Search' because he is the 'opposite of the school he attends to.' He is still himself and is not influenced by the white people yet, so he remains himself; different.
Delete1.Junior struggles as an individual because he is so different from everyone else at the white school. He has to deal with bulling and stereotypes against him because he is an Indian.
ReplyDelete2. Society thinks that weird is anything the people in that area are not use to. They change what is normal with different trends and things on social media and when you don't have that you are weird or not normal to them.
3. This is because they think all white people are rich and everything goes their way. If you want to have a easier life go with the white people. But when they think this way they are keeping themselves from even associating themselves with white people because they are very proud people.
2) I agree with you on this because social media is making it more difficult to be normal with all of the new trends you have to follow and I think that most people just don't care about trying to be normal any more.
Delete2) I feel that this one fits the pome because it shows that the people are afraid to be who there are either the media judging two quickly. There not being themselves out of fear.
Delete1) He struggles to be an individual because I think if he wants to do something different he's scared his friends wont like it. And if he tries to do something with is new friends the people back at home will look at him like a white person.
ReplyDelete2) Society calls people weird when they don't do the usual thing that everyone else does. And people are considered normal because they do exactly what everyone else does and are not there own person.
3) The Indians think that if you are white then you are successful because that is the stereo type formed by Indians. And they think that Indians cant be successful because that's how its always been.
Not only has the stereotype been formed by Indians but the rest of the world that has had interaction with white people.
DeleteThis steryotype isnt just subjected to indians, but the whole world.
Delete1) Junior struggles to be an individual because his life is torn between both his family and reservation, as well as the white school that he goes to. He is treated different in both groups and struggles to fit in.
ReplyDelete2) Being 'weird' means that you are different from the rest, you're normal when you follow the majority of the group, however as soon as you veer off, you become weird.
3) They feel this way because when you are white, usually in society you are more accepted and get higher up. White people have always been the ones who come out of top; for example the pioneers taking over native american land and forced them to live on the rez. There is truth to this even in real life, many studies show that white people have more options to be what they want, thus they become successful in their field. This is a bad way to think however because if you're anything but white, you will dig yourself into a hole and never become what you wish.
I agree with your second guestion people who dont follow the others are labeled weird or unpopular. So they get made fun of by followers who feel unsecure about themselfs
DeleteI like what you say about people who are considered weird. I agree completely.
DeleteYour post to number 2 reminds me of the poem because it talks about being part of the group and this individual is starting/wanting to break off from the group.
Delete1) This reminds me of the poem because in the poem it is saying that the guy is always searching for himself. This is like Junior because he doesn't know who wants to be so he still has to keep searching.
DeleteReminds me of the poem because in the man in the poem is obviously searching for himself, and junior has no clue who he is or wants to be, all he thinks is that if he reveals hes poor no one will like him anymore.
DeleteYour number one relates to the poem becasue this guy is still trying to find who he is because he has no idea
Delete1. Junior struggles to be an individual because he doesn't think he will fit in if he is himself. He doesn't want to be rejected so he doesn't tell anyone his whole story. He struggles to be apart of the group because he is afraid of what the Rez will do if he tries to be apart of the community again.
ReplyDelete2. Society labels weird as what the minority of people do. People think if you do something different then them, mostly something you enjoy, you are weird. Normal is doing what everybody else does. Being normal, like everyone else, is boring in a sense.
3. I think that they are saying this because where junior is from they don't go out and achieve anything for themselves. They don't push themselves to be successful they just do what everyone else on the Rez does and stay there even though they could have a better life for themselves. But they don't want to leave because that makes you a traitor. You are being like a white person and not an Indian if you leave and make something of yourself. This is a problem of thinking this because they set their minds to think that they can't do anything to make their life good and successful. They accept that and they believe that "being white" is not what they are meant to do. They don't want to be like white people they just want to keep living the way they are, even if they aren't happy.
Your number 2 is just like what i said. Those who are classified as "weird" are those who are different and do different things but in reality they are the ones who are independent and dont need others to make them happy
DeleteYour answer to number 2 reminds me of the poem endless search because being weird is finding yourself in the world and also knowing who you are and where you stand
DeleteYour response to number one reminds me on the poem Endless Search because he fails to tell people who he is. Maybe he doesn't know himself.
DeleteOn the rez he struggles to be just a normal person becuse people know how poor he is and the things that are wrong with him. So they treat him like a piece of trash and they hate him.
ReplyDeleteWhen people get into a group and establish that they are sopposedly popular they think anybody that is not like them is weird. This is like how on the rez people make fun of Jr becasue he has problems.
I think that the people on the rez say this because they are all poor and the white people are not. But they dont know is not all white people are rich and succesful but they know they are better off then they are.
I totally agree how the people on the red treat junior like trash and how the white people think they're better than the Indians just because they have money and thy don't
DeleteJunior is struggling in the book to be a part of the groups because everyone just thinks he is different since he is poor and he is an indian. Hes also afraid of being friends with people because he thinks he will be judged when they find out he is poor and cant pay for anything.
ReplyDeleteMost people consider others to be weird by their looks which you really cant do until you meet them, the first impression decides thoughts of them. Nowadays, weird people to us are those with different skin colors or if they have acne, being "weird" is really just one broad stereotype.
I think that they feel like this because no indians really become successful and it does not help their self-esteem that all of the white people always stick on stereotypes and call them failures and what not. Also, they see white people as rich people and successful people because all of the whites wear nice clothes and have nice homes and stuff. The indians just think being successful is being white but no being successful is hard work and the indians work hard to still support their family and all because of the white people not hiring indians and being racist, the indians cannot make more money!
I agree with you when you say that people stick to stereotypes. They grow up knowing how types of people are supposed to act and they believe them. It is hard for people to stop believing stereotypes.
Delete1) Junior has a hard time trying to become an individual while also being a part of community. Mostly because his community on the rez was disrespectful and unmindful of him he doesnt know how to react in a "White" cultural event. He does try to fit in with people at his new school by lying about not being poor, but that can only last so long.
ReplyDelete2) Society deems things "weird" if its out of the ordinary, or not "Normal" toy them. Weird isnt always a bad thing, often times its exactly what you need to turn things around when they get hard.
3) They probably think this way because of steriotypes. White people always win it seems, whenever somthing good happens, its for a white man, just look at the news. Since nothing good ever seems to happen to indians, they feel that you would HAVE to become white to be fortunate.
1. In what ways does Junior struggle to be an individual? He is afraid to be who is because his whole life everyone had made fun of him and put him down in the pass. In what ways does he struggle to be a part of a group?
ReplyDeleteHe mostly struggles to stay in a group at home on the rez, He doesn't fit in with all the other Indians on the rez and he feels like he never will.
2. Gordy and Junior talk about “weird” people in society. How does society decide what “weird” is? What makes a person “weird” or “normal”???
Society tends to put people in to sections the poor and rich, The popular and the who this. Society tend to judge someone to quickly, Just jump to conclusions without giving a person the chance to show them what they can do.
3. Junior says that “Some Indians think you become white if you try to make your life better, if you become successful” (131). Why do you think they feel this way? Why is being white associated with being successful? Is there any truth to this way of thinking? What is problematic about thinking this way?
They feel this way because right now the people who are rich and live in luxury are the white people. And if you try to make your life happier and better you trying to put yourself in that social class with all the white people.
Junior’s friend Gordy says: “Well, life is a constant struggle between being an i
ReplyDelete2. Gordy and Junior talk about “weird” people in society. How does society decide
what “weird” is? What makes a person “weird” or “normal”?
3. Junior says that “Some Indians think you become white if you try to make your life
better, if you become successful” (131). Why do you think they feel this way? Why
is being white associated with being successful? Is there any truth to this way of
thinking? What is problematic about thinking this way?
1. Junior has trouble being himself and standing out in a group. On the rez he was bullied so much that he just kept to himself and it lowered his self confidence. Noe that he is at Reardon he is following others to try to gain populararity and he isnt really doing anything to make himself stand out from everybody else
2. Wierd can be classified as a bunch of different things. Today somebody who is called weird would tend to be a loner and spend alot of time alone doing things other people might not do. Although the person is not at all weird, they are just special in there own way. Society doesnt see it like this though and anybody who chooses to be different or like differnt things is called weird.
3. Being white means that you have opportunities that indians just dont have. Whites are accepted for who they are whereas the Indians are held back becuse of their culture. Many of the Indians lived such hard and poor lives that they have resorted to things like drinking and drugs. This not only holds their lives back but it also restrains their childrens lives. The Indians who want to change try to act like the whites and it just makes their lives harder becuase they are not accepted
It is a very good point that junior carried his worry of being bullied because he was different to rearden and now he is just trying to be normal to avoid that.
DeleteJunior struggles to be an individual because he really doesnt want to be sterotyped by the indians, as "white" or by the white people as an "indian". He wants to be just himself and be looked at as an individual. This is hard for him because he sticks out like a sore thumb in the white school. He does his best to just be himself and not be labled as a poor indian. Junior struggles to be apart of the group in the white school until penelope came along. Before penelope nobody really thought twice about him, he was just the one indian boy in the white school. Junior has trouble finding out where he belongs. Society decides what is weird and what is normal by whatever the majority is in the area. On the rez, white people are considered weird or not normal. In the white school, Junior isn't normal because he isn't white. Whats weird and what is normal is only from perspective. Usually the majority of people are considered normal and the rest of the poeple are considered weird. The indians on the rez consider you white after you become successful because all their lives the people on the rez have known the white people to be successful and the indians not to be. They have learned to accept the fact that because they are indian they will be poor for the rest of their lives. They don't understand that it is possible for them to get out of poverty. When someone gets out of poverty they all assume that that person is no longer indian.
ReplyDeleteYour answer to number 2 connects to the poem because you say "Junior has trouble figuring out where he belongs." and he's trying to find himself in the poem and find where he belongs.
Delete1) junior struggles to be a part of a group because he is different from all the others because he is poor a d they have money. They do not accept him because he is Indian and they are not.
ReplyDelete2) everyone is weird there no such thing as "normal". If your normal theres gotta be something wrong with you because no one is. Weird people are what make life fun and enjoyable.
3) junior feels the way he led because he is Indian and Indians are not that successful in life, or at least they think they aren't. Junior thinks hat only the white people are the ones who are or become successful a d that's not true. If you want to be successful then you have to work for it yourself it doesn't magically happen.
1. In what ways does Junior struggle to be an individual? In what ways does he struggle to be a part of a group?
ReplyDeleteJunior struggles to be an individual at his new school and isn't honest about himself, he does a lot to fit in. Junior struggles to be a part of a group because he always sees himself as not good as anyone else around him, especially the white kids.
2. Gordy and Junior talk about “weird” people in society. How does society decide
what “weird” is? What makes a person “weird” or “normal”?
Weird is anything different than the average person, or doing something different that the average person doesn't do. Weird is sticking out, normal is boring.. its good to be weird.
3. Junior says that “Some Indians think you become white if you try to make your life
better, if you become successful” (131). Why do you think they feel this way? Why
is being white associated with being successful? Is there any truth to this way of
thinking? What is problematic about thinking this way?
They see things this way and feel this way because they see all white people as rich, and successful. They don't realize that white people have some of the same problems as them. But the Indians have a different way of living. Not many Indians turn out to be successful, so when they are trying to better themselves people see them as trying to be white, but thats not it, there just trying to better themselves. There saying that your going to act like a white person, such as your views, culture etc. to become successful but Indians are all about staying in their tribes and staying near there family and do simular things as eachother so when you are successful your seen as different and or white.
Your answer to the question reminds me of the poem because it talks about how the main character is struggling to find who he is. Junior changes himself to fit in and that is a definite struggle to find yourself. He doesn't find himself, he just changes his self.
DeleteJunior struggles to be an individual because he leaves the rez and goes to a white school. Although he likes it there he struggles to find friends at first and he lost a lot on the rez when he left.
ReplyDeletePeople are considered weird if they're different or have an unpopular opinion. They stick out in the crowed and stand up for what they believe in no matter what the consequences are.
I think they feel this way because all they've ever know is a hard life with many struggles, little education and a hard home life. They feel that if you strive to make you're life better maybe you're waisting your time and that only white can be successful. They think this because when they think if white people they think of how they have a lot of money and how they have nice clothes and go to college and nice schools and they have everything they need to be successful. Also people will hire white people over Indians. I don't think that they should think this way I think that they should be positive no matter what the situation is. They shouldn't think that just because they are Indians that they can't do the same thing as white people.
I agree with Regan when she said how people are considered weird if their opinion is different than everyone else's.
DeleteIn your response to #1 I think that junior is struggling to be an individual because he doesn't know who he really is. He never had the courage to go out and find himself and now that he has gone somewhere completely different he has to much influence and is just going with everyone else instead of finding himself.
DeleteYour response reminds me of the poem "Endless Search" because I think that junior struggles to find what he is about or will he be successful in life. Will he help his family? I think that he has also completed some of the search because of his ability to make decisions for himself.
DeleteJunior struggles to be an individual because he is rarely confident about what h is doing he also feels like he has to have friends. In a group he struggles to fit in because of his economic status and not being able to afford the pancakes at Denny's.
ReplyDeleteSociety defines weird people as people who are not ordinary. These people usually don't follow main steam things but I think that everyone has weird things or different things about them. I also believe that not everyone is normal because different people like different things and also have different opinions.
I think. With junior going to this new school he can be just as successful as any other white person. The only real difference is the economic status. However if Junior works hard he could possibly get into college.
Number one reminds me of the poem, "Endless Search" because Junior needs to find himself instead of trying to be someone he isn't, to impress the Rearden kids.
DeleteJunior’s friend Gordy says: “Well, life is a constant struggle between being an individual and being a member of the community.” (132)
ReplyDelete1. In what ways does Junior struggle to be an individual? In what ways does he struggle
to be a part of a group?
Junior was practically shunned from his tribe, because of the fact that he is going to a 'white school'. Everyone in the white school used to ignore him, or make fun of him, because of the fact that he is an Indian. Junior still wants to be a part of his tribe and be respected by all of them, but he wants to fit in at his new school and make friends. He struggles being an individual because he lies about who he truly is. He made everyone believe that he had a lot of money and was popular, but in reality he was dirt poor and didn't have many friends on the rez.
2. Gordy and Junior talk about “weird” people in society. How does society decide
what “weird” is? What makes a person “weird” or “normal”?
Society decides what is considered weird and normal, but whatever the majority is most of the time. White people are considered rich and snooty, where Junior is from. All the Indians are considered dirt poor and savage at times, because of stereotypes. But sometimes there is always a bit of truth in stereotypes, like when it says all the Indians are poor, and that's because they are. Weird is considered anything out of the normal, and normal is considered anything different from the majority of people.
3. Junior says that “Some Indians think you become white if you try to make your life
better, if you become successful” (131). Why do you think they feel this way? Why
is being white associated with being successful? Is there any truth to this way of
thinking? What is problematic about thinking this way?
Indians most likely feel this way because if one of them does happen to succeed, they become jealous. White people are mostly considered the only successful because for the most part, the only successful people the Indians hear about, are white. There's a problem with thinking this way because some people are probably afraid to try and succeed because of the fear of how they will be treated by their fellow Indians.
number 1 becuase in order to be accepted by others you must be know yourself first
Delete1. he struggles to be a part of a group in both the rez and reardon. when he is on the rez every one thinks he is a trader so they exclude him from things he used to be able to do like go out an play with rowdy. but he also has trouble being an individual he doesn't do tings for him self he just worry what other people are going to think of him if they find out he is poor or not what they thought he was.
ReplyDelete2.society decides what weird is because every one that doesn't conform to what other people want them to. and if those people do thing most people don't they get considered weird or abnormal because they don't care what other people think of them they just do what they want to do.
3.they fell this way because most Indians that stay on the rez don't become successful. and since the white people out side of the rez are successful they think if an Indian leaves the rez to get a job that gives good money they are a trader or now a white man because they conform to the white peoples rules and they never come back to the rez because it is so poor. yes there is truth to this because when Indians leave the rez they see how nice the out side world is so if they are successful and happy they aren't going to go back to the rez and be poor and miserable.
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