Junior read this sentence in his geometry textbook at the reservation high school. The reason it was a significant moment for him and the reason it upset him so much is because Agnes Adams is his mother's maiden name, meaning the book had belonged to her when she took high school geometry. Arnold read that and realized that the school had been using the same textbooks for at least30 years. Junior is furious at...
Junior read this sentence in his geometry textbook at the reservation high school. The reason it was a significant moment for him and the reason it upset him so much is because Agnes Adams is his mother's maiden name, meaning the book had belonged to her when she took high school geometry. Arnold read that and realized that the school had been using the same textbooks for at least 30 years. Junior is furious at this revelation, saying,
My school and my tribe are so poor and sad that we have to study from the same dang books our parents studied from. That is absolutely saddest thing in the world.
And let me tell you, that old, old, old decrepit geometry book hit my heart with the force of a nuclear bomb. My hopes and dreams floated up in a mushroom cloud. What do you do when the world has declared nuclear war on you?
What Junior does is throw the book across the room in fury, accidentally hitting his geometry teacher in the head with it and earning a suspension. This event is important to Junior's education and to the plot, because it is this scene and the revelation that comes with it that motivates Junior to leave the reservation school and go to Reardon in an attempt to get a better education and open up opportunities for himself.
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