Arnold Spirit Junior Character Analysis

Arnold Spirit “Junior” is the protagonist of our story. Funny, smart, emotional, poor, brave, persevering, all of these are traits that describe Junior. Born at the Spokane Indian Reservation in Wellpinit, Washington, Junior was expected to die during the surgery, but miraculously lived. However his brain suffered major brain damage during the surgery which gave him 10 more teeth than usual, and seizures. His head was much larger than the usual, and his feet were that of a clowns; and as you may have guessed, he was bullied a lot. Fortunately, he can usually count on Rowdy to defend him from the bullies. That is not the case however when he decides to transfer to Reardan High School, a school full of rich, white kids full of hope and joy; in contrast to Wellpinit, where in Junior’s eyes is the most miserable place on Earth. At Reardan High, he learns that the white kids there are just people like him, people with their own problems. He ends up making friends with many of them, the closest of them being a boy named Gordy.
Over the course of the story, we slowly learn about Junior through his illustrations, his narration, and his actions, there are however several key events that effectively illustrate main aspects of his character, such as on page (FILL IN THE PAGE WHEN YOU
Such as when Junior made the decision to go to Reardan High; Although he had a few close friends and family that were happy that he wanted to turn his life around, many people in the reservation hated him for leaving Wellpinit. They called him a traitor, and a “white lover”. In addition to the hate from residents of the reservation, the people at Reardan were known for being racist rednecks; driving through Reardan, you were often targeted by the police for being native american and would get pulled over. Being the only native american in a xenophobic white community would be