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3 Find your own path!
PONDER
AS YOU READ…THEN RETURN TO RESPOND! At a
bookstore reading, Sherman Alexie said the one thing he would want students to
take away from this novel is “escaping and confronting familial and tribal
expectations.” Ponder the drawing Junior makes of his parents (12). Why and how does he, unlike his parents, manage
to confront and escape the cycle of despair? Don’t forget page references! 
It makes sense that Junior made it out of the reservation unlike his parents, and the rest of his family. The main reason for that he didn’t give up on his dream. “’I’m not a nomadic. Hardly anyone on this rez is nomadic. Except for you. You’re the nomadic one.’” (229) The definition that was said in the book for nomadic, it means that they kept moving, and that’s what Junior was doing different from his family and everyone around him. He kept moving forward with his dream, his goal, and his life. Why he does is, it’s because of his personality which just gives him the ability to get things like that done. This author has purposely made Junior’s character the way that it is in the book because of the fact that some people don’t stop moving around in their life looking for that one thing to help them make their dreams a reality.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry if this doesn't completely answer the question, but this is how I think about it.
ReplyDeleteThe drawing of Junior's parents is their dream. It's when kids say to adults, "I'm going to be this when I grow up!" In Junior's flashback to Turtle Lake, Rowdy said he was going to be rich and famous (221). Junior's mother wanted to be extremely smart. She wanted to go to college, be succesful, and get a job as a teacher at the Spokane Falls Community College. This dream was a little more reachable than his father's dream. Junior's dad wanted to be a famous saxaphone player. The problem with this is that very few people make it in the music world. Even if he did become famous, his reign wouldn't last very long. Only a small amount of artists are still famous after a few years. Being a musician and staying a musician would be very difficult. Juniior confronted and escaped the cycle of despair by simply going to Reardan. He thought it over and knew that if he stayed on the rez any longer, he would explode. When he asked his parents, they realized he wanted to have a better life. They wanted a better life for him. They chose to help him and drive him the 22 miles to school on most days. They didn't want him to be an alcoholic. They didn't want him to have to resort to the substance that had ruined their chances. They wanted him to get out.
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ReplyDeleteArnold manages to confront and escape the cycle of despair, unlike his parents, by not giving up hope and going to a different school. When Arnold got his new calculus book, he looked inside the book only to find his mother’s name written inside of it (31). He wanted to throw the book at something, and he did. This shows that he did not want to give up hope, unlike his parents. A week after he had thrown the book at Mr. P, his teacher, he sat on his porch. Mr. P then came over and told him that he had to leave the reservation (42). He said that Arnold had been fighting the people on the reservation because he had hope when nobody else did (43). So Arnold then decided to go to Reardan High School where there was hope. His parents wanted him to have a better life than they did, so they agreed. Once there, he had learned that he was smart and was a good basketball player. Unlike his parents, he had not given up on dreams. By not giving up hope and going to a different school, he was able to confront and escape the cycle of despair.
ReplyDeleteJunior manages to escape from the cycle of despair by asking to go to school in Reardan and then managing to go (page 46). This is unlike his parents because they stayed in school on the reservation. By doing this, his parents basically gave up their dreams. This is because living and being educated on the reservation makes it almost impossible to be properly prepared to thrive anywhere, and also it made the chances of them achieving their dreams seen on page 12 less possible of happening. By staying on the reservation they put themselves into the endless cycle of despair caused by the alcoholism and the poor choices of others around them. Why would anyone voluntarily do that? Then, due to life on the rez, they eventually had to give up their dreams. I believe that the drawing shows what they could have achieved if they had left the rez. However, by Junior leaving the reservation it shows that he still has hope and wants to achieve his dreams. He finally realizes that the only thing holding him back from success is the rez and whether or not he decided to leave it. When he does leave, he almost immediately starts to succeed in both basketball and school. His grades even show it (page214)! This is just the beginning of Junior escaping the cycle of despair.
ReplyDeleteThroughout this novel, Junior shows bravery and strength by confronting his expectations and overcoming them to live the life he wants. In the beginning of the book, Junior says “It sucks to be poor, and it sucks to feel that you somehow deserve to be poor…It’s an ugly cycle and there’s nothing you can do about it.” (13). The reason that Junior doesn’t have hope at this point in the book is because he doesn’t have anybody to act as inspiration or as a role model for him. His parents were the worst offenders of this. They should have encouraged him to go out there and live up to his potential by fulfilling his dreams. Instead of setting a good example, they were perfect examples of what not to do with your life. They didn’t attempt to live out their dreams and because of that, they never reached them. They ended up like every other failure that never left the rez. Unlike his unambitious parents, Junior had motivation, drive, and passion to be different. He takes a huge risk by deciding to be the first person in his family to leave the reservation and transfer to Reardan (45). This was the first step in escaping from his destined fate on the rez. He wanted to finally have the one thing that everyone in Reardan had: hope. He proves that he is not going to be just another victim of the cycle of despair by demonstrating his potential in both academics and basketball. He doesn’t give in to the influence of alcohol, and decides to travel places when he finishes high school (230). By doing the opposite of what was expected of him and leaving the rez, Junior is able to free himself from the chains that were binding him to his otherwise inevitable future in Wellpinit.
ReplyDeleteIn the book, Junior draws his parents (12) or at least who they could have been. While Junior recognizes his parents dreams, their parents obviously did not. He sees his parents as potentially great people and realizes that nobody paid attention to who they wanted to be, and Junior does not want this for himself. Instead of blaming this on his parents, he blames it on the reservation. After Mr. P comes to visit Junior to tell him to find hope (33-43), the answer that Junior and his parents came up with was that white people have hope. Because of this, Junior asks to go to Reardan High School which is twenty-two miles away from the reservation, even though he and his family will be known as traitors, they all know that going to Reardan will be hte best decision for Junior. Junior successfully escapes despair by speaking up and asking for what he wanted or more so needed. If he would not have told his parents he wanted to go to Reardan, he most likely would have stayed on the rez for the rest of his life. The reason Junior was able to follow his dreams and find hope is because he approached his parents and told them what he wanted directly which was obviously the correct decision.
ReplyDeleteTwo successful people are drawn on page twelve. These people are what Junior thinks his parents could have been if somebody had encouraged them to follow their dreams and had given them hope. Junior sees how much potential they have, but he also sees how unmotivated and hopeless they are. Seeing this gives him a sense of despair about his own future as well. Later in the book, Mr. P, a teacher, sees potential in Junior. He tells Junior that his only chance to be happy and successful is to leave the reservation. He says that the reason why everybody at the rez is so unhappy is because they don’t believe in themselves (43). Therefore he must leave the rez before he is drawn into the cycle of despair like everybody else. Unlike his parents who remain at the rez, Junior decides to escape it and find hope by going to Reardan High School (45). At Reardan, Junior is a star basketball player, has good grades, and makes new friends. Unlike his parents, Junior has successfully escaped the cycle of despair.
ReplyDeleteThe drawing on page twelve is how Junior pictures his parents successful. Each one had a dream they didn’t pursue, and the reason is in the title: Who My Parents Would Have Been If Somebody Had Paid Attention to Their Dreams (12). If someone had paid attention to their potential, their goals in life, and encouraged them, their future would have been very promising. I think Eric Brockwell states it perfectly by saying “Junior sees how much potential they have, but he also sees how unmotivated and hopeless they are.” Junior doesn’t want their future but he doesn’t know how to change his either. It is not until a teacher, Mr. P, recognizes Junior’s potential and advises him to never give up hope (41-43). The difference between Junior’s future and his parents was that one person who encouraged his dreams, who told him he could do it, and that one person who never gave up on him. Junior was able to escape the cycle of despair by realizing his dreams and giving himself a chance (45-46). Many thought he was a traitor by pursuing his dreams because they never expected him to leave the rez (143-144), but they also never realized their own dreams (43). Junior, unlike his parents and others on the rez, was able to confront the expectations of his future and pursue his potential.
ReplyDeleteThe picture of his parents (12) reflects what they could have achieved if they were to strive for their dreams. Junior wants to break the chain of poverty and disappointment that his family has lain out before him. I agree with Grace Bitticker when she says that the one thing his family didn't have was someone to encourage them to succeed and be all they can be. Junior had that one person to push him forward. It all started when he threw a book at Mr. P when he saw his mothers name in the front of it (31-32). Mr. P believes that the only thing kids are being taught to do in the reservation is give up (42). He recognized a flame in Arnold when he threw a book at him. Mr. P says the only way for him to succeed is to get far, far away from the reservation (43). Junior doesn't want to be a failure like his parents turned out to be. He decides that he needs to get out. This helps him confront the entire tribe in his decision of leaving.
ReplyDeleteThe illustration on page twelve shows what Junior believes his parents could have been. They could have been two very successful people, but no one helped or encouraged them to follow their dreams. Instead of trying to reach their goals or make their dreams a reality, they gave up on everything and lost hope. They became victims of the reservation mentality. They had been sucked into the cycle of despair, along with everyone else on the reservation. Junior was heading down the same path as his parents, until Mr. P saw the potential in Junior. Mr. P was willing to encourage Junior to leave the reservation before he was pulled into the cycle of despair, just like his parents (33-43).The Indians on the reservation had no hopes or dreams, and did not believe they deserved better. Mr. P made Junior say “I deserve better.” (40) Junior decided to do exactly what Mr. P told him to do. He convinced his parents to allow him to go to Reardan (45-47). It wasn’t that difficult to convince them, because they always wanted a better life for Junior and his sister, Mary. They had never wanted their children to have to live like they were living. Junior escapes the cycle of despair because he had someone to encourage him to follow his dreams, and believe in himself because he deserved better.
ReplyDeleteOn page 12 it shows what Junior's parents wanted to become, and most likely would have become if somebody payed attention to their "dreams." His mother wanted to go to college, and become a teacher. While on the other hand, his father, wanted to be a famous saxophone player. Both had to potential to be something great and to make something of themselves, but Junior blames their dreams not coming true on the fact that they are Indian. I however do not agree with this. In my opinion it doesn't matter what race you are or where your heritage comes from. You simply have to take a stand and try to become what you are meant to become. Arnold does this. Everybody expects him to to simply forever be the misfit on the reservation. Instead he reaches a turning point when Mr.P. (Page 33-43) Mr.P tells him that he must leave the reservation. This is Juniors first step in escaping the cycle of despair. He leaves the reservation to do something no other Indian from his reservation has done before, which is get a better education so he can become something in life, and that is how Junior escapes the cycle of despair.
ReplyDeleteUnlike his parents, Arnold is able to escape the “cycle of despair,” because he clings to hope and does something no one in the reservation had ever done before; he went to a rich, all white school that wasn’t on the reservation. By doing this he gave himself the chance to leave the reservation forever, and become famous like he wanted (6). Arnold had the courage to do this because of his teacher, Mr. P. He said, “If you stay on this rez, they are going to kill you,” (43). Mr. P gave Arnold the idea, and the desire, to leave the reservation and go to Reardan. If it wasn’t for Mr. P, Arnold would have stayed on the reservation, and never would have gotten the chance to escape. If Arnold hadn’t gone to Reardan, he would have always stayed on the reservation, in the same cycle that had ruined his parents dreams.
ReplyDeleteI think that Arnold can continually confront and escape the cycle of despair because he feels that he should do something more with his life. Everyone else on the reservation is content with going through their schooling at the reservation and staying away from the outside world. Arnold on the other hand has dreams that he fiercely holds on to and even though at points he feels like he should give up he never lets go of those dreams. Arnold, unlike his parents, had a mentor that helped him keep hold of his dreams and lead him to something where he could actually accomplish his goals. Mr. P gave Arnold a way out of the cycle of despair that all of the other Indians including Arnold’s parents were sucked into by telling him to transferring to another school outside of the reservation (42-43). Mr.P gave Arnold the fire to keep holding on to his hope, something that none of the other Indians ever got to hear. Arnold’s parents could not defeat despair because they did not have a mentor to lead them in the right direction, while Arnold has someone who believes in him and can help guide him to things that can help him flourish.
ReplyDeleteArnold drew a picture of what his parents would have been like if they had followed their dreams. Everyone has a dream and potential to fill out. His mother would have been a college professor and his father would have been a musician, but they did not have that necessary push to start living their dreams. Arnold is lucky because at a young age, his teacher gives him a wakeup call. Mr. P tells Arnold to leave the reservation and follow his dreams in order to have a better life. On pages 40-41, Mr. P. makes Arnold believe that he deserves better. This gives him the strength to stand up to his tribe and start on the path towards hope. If his parents would have had that extra push in the right direction early in their lives, they might have been able to live their dreams. Also, Arnold has been fighting people since he was born. He is different, and that makes it harder to fit in and give up.
ReplyDeleteJunior draws a picture of his mother and father and titles it, “Who My Parents Would Have Been If Somebody Had Paid Attention to Their Dreams” (12). He explained how his mother adores reading, is astonishing at memorization, and would have loved to go to college. He revealed how his father is an admirable singer and saxophonist. He knew that his parents “dreamed about being something other than poor, but they never got the chance to be anything because nobody paid attention to their dreams” (11). It’s not that nobody paid attention to their dreams, but it’s that they didn’t pursue their dreams. Junior doesn’t realize until later that the difference between him and his parents is what they did with their hope. Mr. P told him to leave the reservation in order to maintain his hope (42-43). His parents just went along with the norm, but Junior decided he wanted to pursue his dreams. He mentions, “We reservation Indians don’t get to realize our dreams. We don’t get those chances. Or choices” (13). He realizes that the expectations of Indians are to be poor, stupid, and ugly (13). He confronts these tribal and familial expectations by going to Reardan and proving that he’s not stupid and that he can overcome being a stereotypical Indian. Junior recognizes, “About 90 percent of the deaths have been because of alcohol” (200). He has not yet escaped from the cycle of despair because the people he loves still drink, but he will be able to lessen the despair of his descendents by not drinking like he promised his mother (208). Although, he will potentially escape the cycle of despair through poverty since he has furthered his educational experience by going to Reardan. If he continues his education and goes onto college, he may be able to find a substantial job and escape the cruel cycle of poverty that Indians on his reservation have been living for countless years.
ReplyDeleteArnold's parents had dreams as kids, and they haven't given up on them. Arnold's dad still keeps his saxophone clean, showing that he hasn't given up (13). But, because they were born into poverty, they weren't able to follow their dreams. Arnold describes it this way: "Poverty doesn't give you strength or teach you lessons about perseverance. No, poverty only teaches you how to be poor (13)." Arnold was able to escape this cycle of despair because he was different than everybody else. Arnold, since birth, has had a fight in him that makes him not want to give up. The doctors expected him to die during his surgery, but he managed to live through it (2). Mr. P also noticed that Arnold had a lot of fight in him. When Arnold threw the book at Mr. P, Mr. P noticed that Arnold hadn't given up in life (43). Not only does Arnold have lots of fight in him, but he also doesn't care about what others think about him. "I know that the other kids are going to give me crap for being so excited about school. But I don't care (28)." He also said that, unlike his sister, he is excited about life (28). Arnold escaped the cycle of despair because of these qualities.
ReplyDeleteIn the book, Arnold displays a drawing of his parents and what their life dreams were, and how they didn't have the ability to reach them. (12) However, he explains how living on the reservation limits their chances of achieving their dreams. He even goes into the fact that being poor can slow them down too. He says, "And because you're Indian you start believing you're destined to be poor. It's an ugly circle and there's nothing you can do about it." (13) This perspective begins to slowly change throughout the book, allowing Arnold to make an escape, unlike his parents. For example, during Mr.P's class, he discovers that the geometry textbook he is currently studying from, once belonged to his own mother. (31) He realizes that life on the reservation was just a cycle of despair, and the school he was attending didn't provide the proper education he, or any of the other students, needed. The school itself was poor. After taking out his anger on Mr.P, by throwing the book at his face, he was called back to talk to the teacher himself. No, he wasn't in trouble, but Mr.P actually informed him that the only way Arnold would have the chance to succeed was if he left the reservation. (43) So, after thinking about it, Arnold actually made the decision to transfer to a school called Reardan, which was outside of the reservation. This simple move helped him make an escape from the cycle of despair.
ReplyDelete"But we reservation Indians don't get to realize our dreams. We don't get those chances. Or choices. We're just poor. That's all we are." (13)
ReplyDeleteThe enviornment in which Junior has been raised has a cynical view towards life. From birth he has been surrounded by countless limitations that restrict not only his quality of life but also the potential of his future. At this point in his diary, Junior seems to accept the fact that there are certain low-standard expectations placed upon him. However, the difference between Junior an his parents is that although both accepted the expectations placed upon them, Junior's parents were passively acceptive. With the right motivation, Junior had the will within him to confront his lifestyle and actively create expectations for himself. Junior's personal revolution began with a conversation that put his life into perspective: "You're going to have to leave this reservation...The only thing you kids are being taught is how to give up...We're all defeated...But not you...somewhere inside you refuse to give up..." (42-43) After his conversation with Mr. P, Junior realizes how his life has the potential to take on a new dynamic. His confrontation begins with a big decision: "I want to go to Reardan" (45) From there, Junior manages to forge his own path. Unlike his parents or anyone else from the reservation, Junior had the initiative to so something with his life rather than passively accepting his circumstances. "Seriously, I knew my mother and father had their dreams when they were kids. They dreamed about being something other than poor, but never got the chance to be anything because nobody paid attention to their dreams." (11) Junior's parents had the oppurtunity to change their lives, yet lacked the initiative. Although Junior is motivated to change his life, he gains minimal support from his community. The path Junior follows over the course of his freshman year was result of his drive to change his life; there was nobody paying attention solely to his dreams. Even his parents, who were great supporters of his decision, did not make Junior's dreams top priority. Junior was able to escape the cycle of despair that trapped most of the citizens of his reservation due to the initiative he took to restore his future.
On page 12, Arnold draws who his “parents would have been if somebody would have paid attention to their dreams”. (12) He believes if someone would have believed them and given them the opportunities, his parents would have looked like how he drew them. By seeing how his parents turned out and what they could have been, he knows he won’t achieve his dreams and will be just like his parents. As Arnold states on page 13, “…. we reservation Indians don’t get to realize our dreams. We don’t get those chances. Or choices. We’re just poor. That’s all we are”. (13) This is what he believes until his teacher, Mr. P, tells him “to take your hope and go somewhere where other people have hope”. Mr. P also tells Arnold “you’re going to find more and more hope the farther and farther you walk away from this sad, sad, sad reservation”. (43) Arnold is able to escape despair by leaving the reservation and attending school in the nearby white town of Reardan. As his parents state on page 45, white people have the most hope. (45) By going to Readan, Arnold will have a better chance of having a future and not turning out like his parents. By leaving the reservation, Arnold is able to find hope and have a chance of getting a good future.
ReplyDeleteThe "cycle of despair" really lies in the reservation. After Mr.P talks to Arnold about leaving the reservation, I think Arnold realizes that he needs to get out of there and go to where people can have hope in their dreams (pg.42-43). He wants to go someplace where he can hope and work to have a prosperous life. This is the reason why he confronts and escapes the "cycle of despair". His first step in the answer to how he escapes the cycle is by going to the "white school", Reardan. This is very important because he can get a good education and no other indian on the reservation would go to that school. Another step is that he doesn't let other people get him down. He gets picked on by other indians for going to Reardan, but that doesn't make him stop going. The last step is that he is just trying his best and fighting on to escape the cycle and to be the best that he can be. All of these things are how he escapes the despair cycle and how he can have hope to have a good life.
ReplyDeleteIn the drawing of his parents, Arnold explains that nobody payed attention to their dreams, so they couldn't reach them. In True Diary, Mr. P pays attention to Arnold and tells him that if he stays on the reservation, none of his dreams are attainable. He tells him to leave the rez, and pursue whatever dreams he has with a good education. He escapes the cycle of despair when he tells his parents he wants to go to Reardan (45-46). None of his peers had the courage to do so and most of them never would break the cycle of despair. They would live on the reservation for the rest of their lives. He got a better education and actually went somewhere with his life. Arnold had the courage to break the cycle, move on from the rez, and change his own life. Without that courage, he would have been another reservation Indian, and would never have moved on with his life.
ReplyDeleteThe drawing of Arnold’s parents (12) shows what they would have been, if they would have followed their dreams and not given up hope. His mom would have been a Spokane Falls community college teacher. His dad would have been the fifth best jazz sax player west of the Mississippi. The Indians at the reservation are just being taught to give up their hope in life, and not follow their dreams. A good example of this is Arnold’s friend Rowdy. Rowdy doesn’t think he deserves anything better than any of the other Indians. He doesn’t have any dreams, and is violent. If someone insults him or Arnold, he beats them up. Arnold hasn’t given up hope yet, and Mr. P notices that. After Arnold throws the geometry textbook at Mr. P, he notices that Arnold is going to lose hope soon like the rest, but he hasn’t yet. Arnold talks to Mr. P and he finally understands why his parents didn’t follow their dreams, the reservations were made like death camps for Indians. (33-47) As Mr. P says, “We were supposed to kill the Indian to save the child.” (35) Arnold decides leaves to Reardan, to find hope and live the life his parent’s didn’t. Leaving the tribe makes it so Arnold escapes and confronts the cycle of despair.
ReplyDeleteIn the book, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Junior escapes the cycle of despair in many ways unlike his parents. If Junior’s parents followed their dreams they could have been something great. His mom would have been a Spokane Falls community college teacher. Junior’s dad would have been the fifth-best jazz sax player west of the Mississippi. Junior starts to avoid the cycle of despair when Junior hits Mr. P with an ancient math textbook and gets suspended. A little farther in the book Mr. P comes to Junior’s house and tells him he needs to leave the reservation in search of hope at a new school. Junior eventually transfers to Reardan to escape the cycle of despair and to start a better life (33-47). Junior is doing things that his parents and his reservation people have never even tried doing. They all have given up and are taking in the cycle of despair. Throughout the whole book Junior also escapes despair by drawing cartoons when he’s depressed. When some of Junior’s friends and family die, he draws cartoons to escape the cycle of despair.
ReplyDeleteAt the beginning of the novel, Junior feels that he and his fellow reservation Indians are trapped in what he calls “the ugly circle” (pg. 13). “The ugly circle” is the name Junior gives to describe the phenomena of hopelessness. Because he is an Indian, Junior believes that he is destined to be poor, and there is absolutely nothing he can do about it. The Spokane Indian reservation, and other reservations just like it, are consumed by a collective feeling of hopelessness and despair. Mr. P describes the atmosphere of depression with this quote: “You’re going to find more and more hope the farther and farther you walk away from this sad, sad, sad reservation” (pg. 43). That sentence says it all; the only way to escape the “cycle of despair” is to leave the Reservation. Mr. P is the one who showed Junior the light. When Mr. P suggested that Junior should leave the reservation for good, Junior took the old man’s words to heart. By transferring to Reardan, Junior did the unthinkable; he broke “the ugly circle” that had confined his people for so long. While his parents had just sat and watched as their dreams slowly withered away, Junior took the steps needed to make his dreams become reality.
ReplyDeleteJunior confronts and escapes the cycle of despair by finding an opportunity to leave the reservation and by taking hold of that opportunity. After Junior hit his teacher with a book, he was expelled from school. (31-32) His teacher gave Junior the advice to leave and go to a school called Reardan. (32-44) No Indian had ever dared to leave the reservation, and it was a big opportunity. Junior saw a way to a better life, so he decided to change schools. Junior had succeeded his dreams when his parents had failed at theirs. He had broken the chain of failure! In conclusion, Junior escaped the cycle of despair, by leaving the reservation and going to a different school.
ReplyDeleteJunior is able to escape the cycle of despair because he is a fighter. He has over come a lot in his first fourteen years of life from the bullying he has endured, from the position of outcast he has perservered through, his brain damage he experienced as a young baby, and the poverty he had. His parents had to go through the poverty he did but I don't believe they were as far down on the totem pole as he is when they were his age and they were "normal" for brain standards. They never had to fight adversity they didn't know what to expect and/or how to handle it. Junior has gone through a lot so his transfer was hard on him, don't get me wrong, but he was prepared and not as afraid as his parents would have been if they had tried to escape the dreaded cycle of despair. Junior had succeeded in his quest to escape the cycle of despair, something his parents were unable to do.
ReplyDeleteAll the Indians on the reservation have convinced themselves that they can't get ahead. They think that only those who are white can succeed. An example of this is when Junior asks his parents who has the most hope and in unison they reply "white people" (45). They way people think on a subconscious level is what influences everything they do. For example, people who think in a positive way will have positive way will have a better life, but those who think in a negative way will be surrounded with insurmountable obstacles and negativity. By leaving the reservation, Junior is breaking out of a negative situation that and so his life becomes more positive. The reason no one else on the reservation ever succeeds is because they think they can't. Thoughts are one of the most powerful forces in the universe and they can't break the paradigm that has taken hold on the reservation.
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