Bruchac Two Road

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In the book Two roads by Joseph Bruchac, the main character is sent to an Indian school so his dad can go join the bonus army, who is trying to convince the president that they should be paid for their services in World War 1. The main character makes friends at the Indian school, and learns more and more about his heritage. Near the end of the book, he decides to leave the school, because he had a vision that his dad's camp will get destroyed. At the end, he saves his dad from being killed. Then he makes a decision that he will go back to the school, and this essay is about how i think he should go back. Cal should go back, for two reasons, first because he wants to go back, even though he doesn't for the entire book, and second because he has friends there that he is close to that he misses. To back up my statement that he wants to go back to Challagi, I have provided evidence. My evidence is …show more content…

My evidence is “For all that was wrong at that Indian school, I had brothers who’d welcome me back.” (-314 Bruchac) This proves that he misses his friends, who he thinks of as brothers, showing how deep his bond with his friends is. More evidence to support my claim is “I was also missing the boys in our creek gang”(-314 Bruchac). This shows that he misses the kids that he thought of as brothers, due to how loyal they were to him, when he was in times of need. These are connected because they show how strong his bond with his friends is, and how much his friends will help him. True, the other side will say that friends don't really matter, which is backed up by this piece of evidence “my plan is to get out of here as soon as pop gives me the okay.”(-216 Bruchac) but, assuming that his dad gets his money, he would go to challagi for the school year, then over the summer, go back to his and his dads farm, being able to compromise, without having to worry about losing his friends, or his

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