At the end of the game, Arnold realizes that the win was not such a good thing. He realizes that the Reardan basketball team was much more privileged than the Wellpinit team will ever be. He thinks in his mind after seeing the looks on the other team’s faces that he shouldn’t have been so angry. He cries tears of shame. “I was crying because I had broken my best friend’s heart.” (Alexie 196). Because of Reardan’s win, the Wellpinit team is not qualified for play-offs. He broke Rowdy’s heart because he took away the only happiness in Rowdy’s life, basketball. Arnold thinks it’s the only good thing they could’ve had. He knows that Rowdy’s dad will beat him because he lost the game. He knows that no one on that team is going to college, and most people on Reardan’s team will. Arnold realizes that the Wellpinit team had much worse problems than Reardan, so he cries.
Nice Job Olivia,
ReplyDeleteI think you made some really great points and I have an idea related to yours.
At the end of the game Arnold was upset because winning against Wellpinit allowed him to feel something he had never feel before, empathy. Although he was an Indian just like the kids at Wellpinit, he saw that winning meant much more to them then the kids at Reardan. The kids at Reardan are used to being the best and winning at everything while on the other hand the kids at Wellpinit, don't experience winning as much and winning is very scarce for them. Now the other thing that is very scarce is Arnold feeling empathy. Arnold is always the one who is worse than the others or different in a way that makes him look bad.