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Arnold Character Analysis

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Aspirations are life goals that most people are looking to achieve. Arnold(Main Character) has many different aspirations, but for him it's hard to achieve them because he lives on an Indian Reservation where they have poverty,Alcoholism,and very poor education. Arnold aspires to go to college and be a cartoonist, in order to achieve this aspiration he must leave the reservation and transfer to Rearden(an all white school) which also causes him to lose his best friend from the reservation. While Arnold was telling Rowdy(his best friend) that he was transferring to Rearden, Rowdy didn't take it to well and told him “you always thought you were better than me didn't you”. Arnold's experience at Rearden he punched the alpha dog in the face,

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