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#6 Who is the first game against? How is he treated by the crowd at the first game? How does the team (and coach) react/support him? How does this impact him? (Randall)











            The first game Arnold and his team played against was Wellpinit High School. When Arnold first enters the court he is greeted by rez basket basketball fans who were screaming, "Ar-nold sucks, Ar-nold sucks"(Alexie 143). When Arnold saw all of the fans from the rez turn his back against him he just laughed, he thought it was funny how organized they were. Rowdy was glaring at him and passing a ball around his back ready to crush Arnold in the game. That caused Arnold to laugh even harder, then the coach joined in on the fun and was laughing with him.T he whole team started laughing as they went into the locker room to prepare for the game. Later in the game, Arnold gets hit with a quarter  and was not allowed to play but he was desperate to play so he made Eugene stitch him so  he can go back in the game. When he goes back in the game Rowdy hits him in the head knocking him out. They had lost that game and Arnold was sent to the hospital. In the hospital the coach goes to visit Arnold and tells him the game was just a game and it did not matter. Arnold was not supposed to go to sleep so the coach supported him through the night even though he could have gone home and they told each other stories.

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