Stereotypes In Hope Against Hope

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In life you come across people that will either try to bring you down or help guide you to success. Towards the end of the chapter “Hope Against Hope”, Junior’s teacher Mr.P encourages him to find hope and to not give up. Mr.P believes Junior can reach his full potential and pushes him to want better. “You’re the smartest kid in the school. And I don’t want you to fail .I don’t want you to fade away. You deserve better” (Alexia 49). After talking with Mr.P, Junior decides to switch to Reardan. Making this decision was hard for him. He made this decision to switch schools; because he doesn’t want to follow the stereotype .Junior is ambitious and doesn’t want to be a drunk like everyone on the reservation. “My sister is running away to get lost,