Friday, July 18, 2014

Why does Junior say, "it was like something out of Shakespeare" (142) when he discovers their first game is against Wellinpit?In The Absolutely...

The reason that Junior says this because Shakespeare's
plays are full of surprise twists and conflicts.  You have lots of examples of people in
those plays being put in situations that are very emotionally charged.  Junior is in
such situation when Reardan has to play Wellpinit.


Junior
has left the reservation to attend school Reardan.  This causes conflict between him and
the Indians who think that he has abandoned his people.  Basketball is a huge deal among
Indians today and so playing basketball against the people he has "abandoned" will be an
emotional experience for all involved.

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