This game of basketball meant everything to Junior. He was going to prove that he could do anything. The rejection from his Indigenous culture, wasn’t going to stop him from playing a great game. The crowd becomes represented as many mixed emotions, each section providing Junior with a different feeling. The support from his Mom and Dad, the love from Penelope, the rejection from Reardan, and the desperation and anger from Rowdy, all created the setting of the game. It is here that Junior’s past experiences all fade away, and through the back and forth thoughts, Junior, shows strength within himself. When playing this game, Junior’s identity became something of certainty, his differences, became similarities, he became more than the ‘retard’
