Dreams And Dream Essay: Hopes And Dreams

Hopes and Dreams Junior’s circumstances, including the fact that Junior was with hydrocephalus and therefore is small for his age and suffers from seizures, poor eyesight, stuttering, and lisping, and therefore has always been picked on by other people on the reservation. His family is poor, a condition Junior attributes to being from the reservation and not having opportunity to fulfill their potential; their poverty is symbolized early when Junior’s dog

Oscar gets heat stroke and has to be put down by the father because they cannot afford to take him to a veterinarian. The only child friend he has is Rowdy, a classmate who is abused at home but who stands up for Junior and who also lets Junior see his vulnerable side, such as his

So, he was determining to make something of himself, even with so much was going on in his life. I like how he keeps going when so many made fun of him picked on him, laugh at him, as well as beat on him like he was some sort of punching bag. The thing that I like the most is when he had a disability with his brain, saying he had too much fluid in his brain. It’s like that did not stop him from accomplishing his dreams. He starts dating the hottest girl in school, as well as the captain of the football team given him that respect, along with being the best shooter on the basketball team. So his transition a lot from being on the reservation to being off the reservation, there was no hope for him on the reservation. So everyone he meets in this story plays a big influence on his life as Junior becoming Arnold. This was a life learning experience that I could relate to ever time I read the book. If we all try very hard at what are hopes and dreams it is possible to succeed in our goals in life, as Arnold shares in his story about himself.

So at the end of the whole story he transitions a whole lot, it’s like he is a kid that transitions