his determination not to remain poor‚ and accepting the help of others around him. One of the biggest differences between Junior and Rowdy is their attitudes towards school. Junior wanted to leave his school at the reservation and transfer to Rearden. Going to the school in his reservation upset Junior. He showed his frustration by saying‚ “my school and my tribe are so poor and sad that we have to study from the same dang books our parents studied from” (Alexie‚ 31). Juniors school was poor and
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At the beginning of the book‚ Junior believes that most of the hope and opportunity in Spokane and Rearden‚ rests with white people. We know that he believes this because of what he says on page 50 when he recalls playing rich‚ white Rearden teams in competitions‚ he says‚ “Those kids were magnificent. The knew everything. And they were beautiful. They were beautiful and smart. They were beautiful and smart and epic. They were filled with hope.” This quote confirms Junior’s original belief that the
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the opportunity to move from the rez school where all his cousins and family have gone before him‚ or he could go to Rearden a small town all white private school. This was a significant moment for Arnold and his family. Arnold’s family would have to figure out if they could pay for the tuition for Rearden and gas money to drive him back and forth. The commute from the rez to Rearden every day was twenty-two miles there and twenty-two miles back. Some days Arnold would hitchhike because they had
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dreams‚ And he only talks about his dreams with me. And I only talk about my dreams with him.Arnold spent a lot of time with Rowdy than anyone else ‘Rowdy and I are inseparable.’’ When Arnold decided to move to Rearden‚ he told his best friend Rowdy about it and asked
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Economic situation is the movie Atlas Shrugged is an event we should think about. In the movie the Economy is plummeting and the government is very hands on in fixing the government‚ with its rules and regulations against successful businesses such as Rearden Steel and Taggart Transcontinental. In Atlas Shrugged the United States Economy is plummeting. The country is lacking the supply of oil and the prices of gas reach up near Forty Dollars. Americans walk and take subways in cities because
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A central pillar of Objectivism is the concept of an objective reality characterized by absolutes: What exists exists‚ and has certain properties‚ and obeys certain laws. James Taggart‚ like many of the villains of Atlas Shrugged‚ refuses to accept these principles. A world of immutable absolutes is a world not subject to his whims‚ and this frustrates him endlessly. His first words in the novel‚ “Don’t bother me‚” foreshadow his relentless struggle to deny reality. Taggart is speaking‚ in this case
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Identity is shown in the book a lot. There are two identities presented in the book‚ poverty‚ and drunk Spokane Indians. When Junior decides to leave the reservation‚ a new experience of life is ahead of him. Junior starts attending a new school‚ Rearden. At his new school away from the reservation‚ he is different from the rest of the kids. Leaving the reservation made Junior more insecure about himself because of his surroundings but‚ he ends up being more confident in himself. Leaving the reservation
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are the Randian argument of reason and emotion. Unlike the antagonists‚ the reader recognizes that the hero wants to know‚ and wants to know everything. Dagny has Eddie Willers inform her on the latest news when she returns from her vacation with Rearden and after stay at Galt’s Gulch. She is constantly updated about the railroad while she is building the John Galt Line. With James Taggart‚ on the other hand‚ we see an opposite reaction. His first introduction to the reader‚ when Eddie tries consult
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him look fierce (16). Arnold was the only good thing on the reservation that Rowdy had to look forward too so when Arnold decided to leave‚ it unleashed a new kind of relationship between the boys‚ one not so friendly. One example would be when Rearden played Wellpoint in the first basketball game of the season‚ Rowdy knocked Arnold out and gave him a concussion. Another instance would be in the chapter‚ “Rowdy Gives Me Advice about Love” when Rowdy replies to Arnold’s message‚ “Hey asshole‚ I’m
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ebook). As the village of Umuofia falls apart‚ “The center cannot hold.” When Junior went to Rearden‚ (the white school) everyone on his reservation turned on him. His reservation is very friendly to each other and were a close community until he moves schools. His reservation feels betrayed and upset. Arnold does not feel like he fits in and he is split between two different worlds; the reservation and Rearden. Junior’s best friend Rowdy was angry and mad that Arnold left him. “ I didn’t want to get
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