Rearden-Personal Narrative
Nobody thought that it would be possible for an Indian to bring back a victory for Rearden, one of the many all white schools. Junior decided to transfer to Rearden and this decision turned many heads. Most of the Indians in the Reservation were extremely dishonoured by his choice and decided to seclude him from their community. Not only did he lose his community but, he also lost his only best friend Rowdy. Despite all that, Junior knew that it was best for him to leave all of this behind so that he can have a better future. Fighting through the verbal abuse that he faced at Rearden he decided to showcase his skills after joining their varsity basketball team. He travelled back to his hometown of Wellpinit to play his first game of the season
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This is an amazing feat because nobody took the ball out of a guy's hands just as he was about to dunk! If that wasn’t enough, Junior races back to the other side of the court and pulls back to take a three. It goes and soars through the air like a bird. Finally, it swishes right through the net without making a sound but, at the same time, crushing all of Wellpinit high school varsity basketball team’s hopes and dreams. Junior continued to display his A-game on every court, bringing them the championship title of the varsity league. The reservation team, Wellpinit continued to go on a losing streak from that point on. We from our seats don’t understand the damage that has been done. But, from a Native-Indian’s perspective of dealing with negligence their whole life, the Wellpinit basketball team’s future dreams of making it into the NBA would be crushed and destroyed while the privileged whites continued to shine. Realizing that, Junior continued to be a member in Wellpinit and forgive all of the people that dishonoured him in his home town. He might be a winner in Rearden but now, he’s a winner in his reservation of
This is an amazing feat because nobody took the ball out of a guy's hands just as he was about to dunk! If that wasn’t enough, Junior races back to the other side of the court and pulls back to take a three. It goes and soars through the air like a bird. Finally, it swishes right through the net without making a sound but, at the same time, crushing all of Wellpinit high school varsity basketball team’s hopes and dreams. Junior continued to display his A-game on every court, bringing them the championship title of the varsity league. The reservation team, Wellpinit continued to go on a losing streak from that point on. We from our seats don’t understand the damage that has been done. But, from a Native-Indian’s perspective of dealing with negligence their whole life, the Wellpinit basketball team’s future dreams of making it into the NBA would be crushed and destroyed while the privileged whites continued to shine. Realizing that, Junior continued to be a member in Wellpinit and forgive all of the people that dishonoured him in his home town. He might be a winner in Rearden but now, he’s a winner in his reservation of