Hope: Arnold has all of the excuses in the world to give up, still he hopes to better himself. He uses the lost hope of those around him to fuel his own and make sure he never loses his.
Poverty: Poverty plagues not just Arnold but also his community. poverty makes his already difficult life even harder, not knowing if he will have enough food to eat, or enough gas in his parents car to go to to school. Poverty killed the hope of the Indians on his reservation and infected them with the disease of alcoholism.
Education: Arnold knew that it was education that was gonna save him from falling in the pit of hopelessness that everyone else around him fell into.He also knew that the education he was getting on the reservation wasn't gonna get him anywhere so he decided upgrade to get the education that the more privileged kids were getting in Rearden.
Race: Race plays a huge role in Arnold's life. When he is at Rearden he is a Indian and when he is on the reservation he is viewed as a "apple" by his own people because they say that he is red on the outside and white on the inside. Throughout the whole book he has a difficult time dealing with his identity.
Death: Death has always been alive in Arnold's life. He is surrounded by the dead dreams of everybody in his community. Death took his sister in a fire and nabbed his grandmother due to a car accident that involved alcohol.
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Six Word Memoir
S*** Happens, Keep Your Head Up
I chose this as my six word memoir because we all go through tough times. Many times we have no control over the things that happens to us. Even if we try to plan every aspect of our lives out things still may not go they we want them to. Anyways their is no point in being angry, we just have to keep our heads up and keep living our lives the best way we can and keep trying to better ourselves as individuals.
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