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I believe that the humor in the book allowed for the main character to more relatable. I have never been a minority, nor have I ever really been discriminated against. So I could have found it very difficult to relate to Juniors experiences. It is one thing when you can relate to a person's experiences through detail and description, it is another to understand the situation and feel the effect it had on the person themselves. I could easily relate to Junior, because when I go through a rough time I also express myself through sarcasm. I can not say that it is witty sarcasm but it is sarcasm none the less.

I also feel that Junior, while in a very different situation, is also going through what a lot of high schoolers go through. When junior talks about how, when he first started at Reardan, the people on the reservation hated him and the people at Reardan hated him. This is similar to kids that for some reason or another do not feel like they fit in at their own high school. This applies to the cool kids and the not so cool kids. For example, Penelope is loved by almost everyone in the school however she still does not feel that completely fits in. This manifests itself as an eating disorder. In real life many students do not feel accepted in high school nor do they feel accepted at home. This could be due to teen hormones but the feels are still very similar to Juniors.

Thus, I feel Junior is a very realistic character by the way he acts and voices his problems and by the experiences he has gone through.