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The code above is a word collage made on Wordle.net. The words I chose for this are:
Julius
Lucy
Indian
Basketball
Alcohol
Hero
Reservation
I chose Julius because he's the star basketball player at the current time in the book. The word "alcohol" is linked to Julius because he basically blows all of his talent over alcohol and getting in trouble. The talent I'm discussing is basketball. Julius is an incredible basketball player on an Indian reservation. This is where those two words are chosen. The whole reservation looks at Julius as a HERO. Since Julius can't stay out of trouble, or sober, people have been noticing a young girl named Lucy. She's so good that she plays with all of the boys.
I liked this story a lot because it was about basketball, of course. :) The story closely relates to a lot of things going on at the high school too. People know that if you can't stay clean and out of trouble then you're just wasted talent, like Julius was. It's funny to see that things can be so similar on an Indian reservation and in present day.
