"You'll get them next time," Eugene said.
"You stitch me up," I said.
"What?"
"You stitch me up. I want to play tonight."
"I can't do that, man. It's your face. I might leave a scar or something."
"Then I'll look tougher," I said. "Come on, man."
I chose this fragment because I think that it shows how determined Junior is to play this basketball game and prove himself to the other Native Americans. Junior ignores his pain and risk of a permanent scar because he wants prove that he is not a wimp and that he can stand up for himself and play basketball despite the rejecting crowd. If Junior had just left the gym and gone to the hospital he would have been teased by the other native Americans for being a chicken and walking away from a fight; a fight between himself and his future. If Junior listened to the other Indians then he would stay at the reservation and live just like the others. Junior took the pain and went back out onto the court ready to take on anything to reach his goal and be successful.
"You'll get them next time," Eugene said.
"You stitch me up," I said.
"What?"
"You stitch me up. I want to play tonight."
"I can't do that, man. It's your face. I might leave a scar or something."
"Then I'll look tougher," I said. "Come on, man."
I chose this fragment because I think that it shows how determined Junior is to play this basketball game and prove himself to the other Native Americans. Junior ignores his pain and risk of a permanent scar because he wants prove that he is not a wimp and that he can stand up for himself and play basketball despite the rejecting crowd. If Junior had just left the gym and gone to the hospital he would have been teased by the other native Americans for being a chicken and walking away from a fight; a fight between himself and his future. If Junior listened to the other Indians then he would stay at the reservation and live just like the others. Junior took the pain and went back out onto the court ready to take on anything to reach his goal and be successful.