Short Story Of Wellpinit, Washington
The problem the main character (Junior) has is that he goes to a different school and does not know anybody. He is Indian but he wants to go the school with all the rich white kids 22 miles away. He solves the problem by standing up to the biggest kid in the school and making friends with the prettiest girls in the school. He earns respect that way.
The story takes place in 2006 and 2007 mostly on an Indian Reservation in Washington called the Spokane Indian Reservation. The town is called Wellpinit, Washington. In some chapters the setting are in his house, a basketball court, and at an Indian Fair. The story also takes place at Reardon High School in Reardan, Washington, in the gym and all through the school.
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In one email from his sister that he gets from her it is dated November 16, 2006. That’s the only time the book mentions the date. The book goes to the end of 9th grade for him because at the end he goes home for the summer and tries convincing his friend to go to the new school with him. That means it is 2007 but the book never actually says 2007. His best friend Rowdy gets mad at Junior for leaving the Indian school so when they play each other in basketball and Rowdy punches him in the face and causes a concussion. I don’t like that because it’s not right and Junior has water on the brain and he could have died from it. Rowdy used to be his best friend and now they are …show more content…
He’s real mad because he doesn’t want any of them to think he’s poor. I would have done a lot of things in that situation like asking his friend Roger or asking his girlfriend for some. I wouldn’t care what they thought. He is poor but I am not so I would just pay them back the next day.
The original ending is just them playing basketball against each other all night. They don’t even keep score because they are such good friends. Junior asked Rowdy to go to the rich kids school but he keeps saying no. That is how it ends.
The main idea of the book is that any kid can fit in in any situation. All you have to do is be yourself and you will make friends. When Junior goes to his new school at first he tries to be like them but he realizes that he can’t be and he makes friends by being funny and playing basketball real good. He gets respect for fighting. Also if bad things happen to you things will be OK after a while. For example in the book his dog dies and also his grandmother, his sister and his dad’s friend dies. Even though he gets real sad from going to all the funerals he just keeps going. He even laughs in the car when his sister dies. That shows no matter what you can keep going even if people in your life
The story takes place in 2006 and 2007 mostly on an Indian Reservation in Washington called the Spokane Indian Reservation. The town is called Wellpinit, Washington. In some chapters the setting are in his house, a basketball court, and at an Indian Fair. The story also takes place at Reardon High School in Reardan, Washington, in the gym and all through the school.
The places mentioned …show more content…
In one email from his sister that he gets from her it is dated November 16, 2006. That’s the only time the book mentions the date. The book goes to the end of 9th grade for him because at the end he goes home for the summer and tries convincing his friend to go to the new school with him. That means it is 2007 but the book never actually says 2007. His best friend Rowdy gets mad at Junior for leaving the Indian school so when they play each other in basketball and Rowdy punches him in the face and causes a concussion. I don’t like that because it’s not right and Junior has water on the brain and he could have died from it. Rowdy used to be his best friend and now they are …show more content…
He’s real mad because he doesn’t want any of them to think he’s poor. I would have done a lot of things in that situation like asking his friend Roger or asking his girlfriend for some. I wouldn’t care what they thought. He is poor but I am not so I would just pay them back the next day.
The original ending is just them playing basketball against each other all night. They don’t even keep score because they are such good friends. Junior asked Rowdy to go to the rich kids school but he keeps saying no. That is how it ends.
The main idea of the book is that any kid can fit in in any situation. All you have to do is be yourself and you will make friends. When Junior goes to his new school at first he tries to be like them but he realizes that he can’t be and he makes friends by being funny and playing basketball real good. He gets respect for fighting. Also if bad things happen to you things will be OK after a while. For example in the book his dog dies and also his grandmother, his sister and his dad’s friend dies. Even though he gets real sad from going to all the funerals he just keeps going. He even laughs in the car when his sister dies. That shows no matter what you can keep going even if people in your life