Period One: Level 2 Essay Prompts by Denise Chavez

Why does rowdys dad have a drinking problem?

2024-12-06 18:12:42 UTC

whiteness-Characters

2024-12-06 18:13:25 UTC

Why are white people put as the main point of the story in Junior's life?

2024-12-06 18:13:45 UTC

What does Basketball do for Junior's identity?

2024-12-06 18:13:56 UTC

Why does Sherman Alexie associate suffering and pain with being Indian?

Why are white people so realvent to juniors life?

2024-12-06 18:13:58 UTC

WHITENESS

443379_2 — 2024-12-06 18:14:13 UTC

Why do some white characters are being mean to junior?

Motif-Poverty

2024-12-06 18:14:30 UTC

Why was Junior's family very poor?

symbols

558611_1 — 2024-12-06 18:14:40 UTC

How do the characters react to winning and losing?

ART

443379_2 — 2024-12-06 18:14:53 UTC

How does the pictures represent of the story?

2024-12-06 18:14:54 UTC

Why does the character Mr.P have hope for junior?

symbols

2024-12-06 18:15:13 UTC

Why is basketball represented as the most important sport for Rowdy?

2024-12-06 18:15:20 UTC

why is living on the rez a bad thing

Symbol: Sister's jouney

2024-12-06 18:15:21 UTC

Why did junior's sister marry someone she just met then immediately left home?

Motif: Death/Loss

2024-12-06 18:15:35 UTC

How does Junior deal with all the people he has lost throughout his life?

Motifs

558611_1 — 2024-12-06 18:15:47 UTC

How does Sherman Alexie make the characters change?

why does Sherman alexie make rowdy have a abusive dad?

2024-12-06 18:15:53 UTC

Jazmin.S

2024-12-06 18:16:00 UTC

What did the chicken mean to Junior?

2024-12-06 18:16:02 UTC

Why do the characters on the rez have little hope in the education system

Subject-Racism and discrimination

2024-12-06 18:16:04 UTC

Why in the history are there many discrimination and racism treatments towards Junior?

symbols

2024-12-06 18:16:09 UTC

Why is basketball represented as the most important sport for Rowdy?

Subject to Theme: Friendship and Loyalty

2024-12-06 18:16:14 UTC

Why does Rowdy still act like a fiend to Junior even after he beat him up?

Subject to theme

558611_1 — 2024-12-06 18:16:30 UTC

How do the characters react to grief and loss?

Motifs

2024-12-06 18:17:02 UTC

How does Sherman Alexie represent bullying towards junior

2024-12-06 18:17:03 UTC

Why did Mr p want Junior to leave the res

Jazmin.S

2024-12-06 18:17:31 UTC

What inspired Sherman to create Rowdy as a violent character?

2024-12-06 18:18:49 UTC

How does Sherman Alexie represent racism and discrimination towards Indians

Winning or Losing

2024-12-06 18:19:01 UTC

Why does Junior and the Indians care a lot about winning or loosing?

2024-12-06 18:19:09 UTC

Why does Sherman Alexie make white people a "symbol" in the book?

803705_6 — 2024-12-06 18:19:13 UTC

why does basketball shape Rowdy and Junior so much?

2024-12-06 18:19:28 UTC

How does Sherman Alexie show grief and loss for natives in the book?

Hope

2024-12-06 18:19:42 UTC

Who makes Junior star having hope?

2024-12-06 18:20:06 UTC

How did bullying affect Junior?

sister's journey

540729_1 — 2024-12-06 18:20:21 UTC

Why does Sherman Alexie include Junior's sister's journey?

803705_6 — 2024-12-06 18:20:44 UTC

Why is Rowdy always so Angry?

Friendship and Loyalty

2024-12-06 18:21:20 UTC

What happens to Junior's and Rowdy's friendship and loyalty?

courage

540729_1 — 2024-12-06 18:21:35 UTC

How does Sherman Alexie show courage in his characters?

2024-12-06 18:22:33 UTC

What was a struggle Junior faced when losing something?

803705_6 — 2024-12-06 18:22:35 UTC

Why didn't Junior move schools when he was younger?

Draco

5393582 — 2024-12-06 18:23:04 UTC

Why does Sherman Alexie include the story of juniors sisters journey?

Identity and self- discovery

540729_1 — 2024-12-06 18:23:58 UTC

how do the characters identify themself?

Art

5393582 — 2024-12-06 18:25:08 UTC

When does Sherman Alexie draw characters?

2024-12-06 18:25:24 UTC

Why did Sherman Alexie include violence?

2024-12-06 18:26:00 UTC

How does Sherman Alexie show us that Junior and Rowdy's friendship matters to Junior?

Grief and loss

5393582 — 2024-12-06 18:27:05 UTC

How does the characters in the story suffer grief and loss?

Jazmin.S

2024-12-06 18:27:32 UTC

How is discrimination and racism seen in the characters?

2024-12-06 18:30:56 UTC

How did Sheran Alexie portray poverty and social inequality?