Monday, May 6, 2013

Reflection pgs 1-52


          From the beginning of the novel we are placed right into the society of the Native Americans, and their lives seem to be interesting.  They all seem to live a fairly simple life, as they all know who each other are and when anything new in the town happens everyone knows almost instantly. For example when a black man enter into the reservation area, within five minutes everyone knew of this man "So the black stranger surprised the whole tribe when he appeared with nothing more than the suit he wore and the guitar slung over his belt" (3).  Everyone knew of this man almost instantly, and this goes to show that these Indians live fairly boring lives, and don't do to much in their lives.  In this reservation they are to used to only they're own Indian kind living with them that when a black man shows up, the flow of is nearly ruined. Based on what the story has show so far, it shows that later in the future, these Indians will be to stuck in their own ways of living that they won't be able to accept the they two different ways of living, which would be modern day, and old school.

   Another topic that should be brought up is the meaning of music and what it means to them. It seems that later in the book they will probably become a more popular band, but before all of that one of the characters Thomas already has the in his mind when he says, "This isn't my Guitar, but I'm going to change the world with it" (13).  Thomas already has big goals in his mind for what he wants to do in the future with his musical ability, and I can't wait to see later in the book if Thomas will end making his goal of changing the world in some way.  So far the start of this book has been decent, and I am looking forward to see how the bands musical career unfolds.

1 comment:

  1. This book seems so exciting so far! The music really seems to be a big part of the Indian culture. Thomas specifically is really into music. Your quote foreshadows that Thomas is really going to change the world. I really can't wait to see when that happens! I hope he makes it big and comes back to the reservation and helps out all the Indians there. As you said, they live really boring lives. It kind of reminds me of small communities and high schools where all the rumors spread like wildfire. So, hopefully Thomas will change all of the Indians lives for the better and increase their standard of living. I'm so excited to keep reading!

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