In this text , I am going to analyse Arnolds’s parents.

To begin with, one gets to know Arnolds parents’ names as ‘Mr. and Mrs. Spirit. This is done in order to the reader to get a mysterious impression of them. Living in the reservation, not having much money and being Indian are Arnold and his familys’ struggels.His parents have two children. Junior and his older sister. His parents had big dreams concerning their careers. His mother dreamed of becoming a teacher and his father wanted  to become a famous musician. Unfortunately, their families didn’t care about them back then. Being poor frustrates them very much because they can’t make their lives   better. Therefore, they  try their best to make junior’s  the best possible.

They became alcoholics because of their extreme sadness but they are always encouraging of their son.They are not abusive like Rowdy’s parents. Juniors never got hit by his parents. Moreover, another bad habbit of Arnolds’ father is that he goes to the casino drunk and gambles away their last money eventhough he knows that they have yet insufficient money.

Apart from this, his mother has areally well working memory. She loves reading books and remembes everything very well. His father is a talented guy as well because he can play the guitar and the piano a little bit and he can sing well.

They are more or less traditional indians. As Junior wants to transfer to Reardan, they originally were against it. However, they changed their minds and thought it iss good for their son to take this chance so they are proud of their son.

All in all, one can say that Arnolds’ parents are quite sad people who got disappointed in their lives which makes them lapsed and hopeless. However they are poor,sad and disappointed of their lives, they put all their left-over hope and expectations of life in their two children and try to help them getting the best future possible.