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"like my brain 'was a giant french fry.

This is an example of a simile. Junior is saying that his brain was as greasy as a French Fry.

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In chapter 1 Junior is Different. Junior was born with "water on the brain."(2) he was also born with 42 teeth instead of 32. Junior also had a lisp and a stutter.

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In chapter 2 Junior is angry. Junior is angry because he is poor. "I wanted to hate my dad and mom for our poverty" (10). He is also angry because his dog died. "I wanted to punch my dad in the face. I wanted to punch him in the nose and make him bleed. I wanted to punch him in the eye and make him blind. I wanted to kick him in the balls and make him pass out." (11)

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"Volcano Mad" (11)

This is an example of a metaphor. Junior is comparing himself to lava burning through everything and destroying everything in its path.

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In chapters 3 and 4 Junior is rebellious. Junior is rebellious because in chapter 3 he goes to the powwow with Rowdy even though he didn't want to and he got into trouble with the Andruss brothers. in chapter 4 he threw a book at his teacher Mr.P because the book he had was 30 years old.

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"I like the sound of Rowdy's laughter. I don't hear it very often, but it's always sort of this avalanche of ha-ha and ho-ho and hee-hee".

This is an example of a metaphor. Junior is comparing Rowdy's laugh to an avalanche.

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In chapter 3 Rowdy runs into the Andruss Brothers camp at the powwow. They started calling him names and then they passed him around like a ball beating him up.

"I ran right into the Andruss Brothers camp. The Andrusses- John, Jim, and Joe - are the cruelest triplets in the history of the world. Hey look, one of them said. its hydro head. Yep, those bastards were making fun of my brain disorder. Charming, Huh?" (20-21)

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Rowdy is an angry kid who protects junior. Rowdy beats up kids for fun. Rowdy was born  angry.

"I'm two hours older than Rowdy. I was born all broken and twisted, and he was born mad. He was always crying and screaming and kicking and punching. He bit his mother's breast when she tried to nurse him. He kept biting, so she gave up and fed him formula. He really hasn't changed much since then." (17)

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Junior was born with brain damage. In chapter 1 it explains how junior has gotten bullied because of his brain damage.

"Everybody on the rez calls me a retard about twice a day. They call me a retard when they are pantsing me or stuffing my head in the toilet or just smacking me upside the head." (4)

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Bullying is not right.

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Poverty and abuse can cause anger

Rowdy is always being abused, that is what makes him angry.

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Bullying should not be tolerated.

This is the theme because Rowdy gets bullied at school all the time and no one does anything about it.

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In chapter 5-6 Junior is hopeful.

Junior is hopeful because Mr.P explains how he has to leave the Rez to live a better life and be succesful.

Junior wants to switch to a better school that the rich kids go too. this shows Junior wants a better education.

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"I felt like life had just knocked me on my ass"

This is an example of personification.

This means Junior had just gotten a huge wave of reality blown into him and he couldn't handle it all.

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in this chapter Junior is mourning.

In this chapter Junior attends the funeral of his grandmother after she was hit by a drunk driver.

Everyone on the rez attended the funeral and they all celebrated the death of his grandma

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In this chapter Junior is eager.

In this chapter Junior and the Reardan Basketball team play wellpinit and Juniors best friend Rowdy is on the team and he is guarding him.

Rearda beat them but after the game Junior felt ashamed.