"there, there" test english II kotty
what tag does dene oxendene make throughout oakland?
"lens"- sees himself as a kind of lens meant to spotlight the stories of others
who is charles?
Calvin's brother. A young man who has gotten in over his head in the drug trade, and must now answer for the mistakes he's made by assisting Octavio in coming up with a large sum of money.
who is carlos?
Charles's constant companion and associate.
how does blue end up at the powwow?
She has been working at the Indian Center in Oakland for a year. She and Edwin plan the Big Oakland Powwow.
who is vicky?
Jacquie and Opal's mother. She is a hard-drinking woman who brings the girls along as she decides to join the occupation of Alcatraz in the early 1970s.
who is jamie?
Jacquie had another daughter, Jamie, who went on to have three boys: Orvil, Loother, and Lony. Jamie was a heroin addict and eventually killed herself.
how does opal encounter spider imagery?
found spider legs in her own leg as a girl shortly after helping Jacquie to escape the home of their "uncle" Ronald. the spider legs symbolized an emergence into adulthood, and her escape from a home that was also a trap.
how does thomas frank end up at the powwow?
goes to the powwow to drum and sing for the dancers.
manny/octavio vs daniel
manny & octavio already screwed up their lives and have fallen down a bad path whereas daniel shows promise and expectation for a good life that could be ruined by octavio's plan
why is dene oxendene so passionate about storytelling?
mission to collect the stories of Native Americans living in Oakland in order to continue on the project his uncle Lucas died before finishing
what is orvil red feather searching for?
more about his people and his history, and he turns to the internet for guidance
how does jacquie red feather end up at the powwow?
she runs into Harvey at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, she confronts him about their past. Harvey has just learned that he has a son in Oakland named Edwin, and Jacquie tells him that they have a daughter, the one she put up for adoption. Jacquie agrees to ride with Harvey to Oakland, even though she has a difficult time forgiving him.
what do spiders symbolize in this book?
spiders represent things that are both homes and traps—addiction, memory, and ignorance- trapped in a spider's wen when encountering these things
who is orvil red feather?
the oldest of Jacquie's grandsons, watches footage of powwows on the internet. Feeling a connection to the dancers, he finds a set of Native regalia in Opal's closet and practices dancing.
who is dene oxedene?
Dene Oxendene lives in Oakland and is a young, motivated artist. He obtains a grant to make a storytelling documentary in which Native people share their perspectives on living in Oakland. He inherited both his camera and his interest in moviemaking from his late uncle.
who is lucas?
Dene's deceased uncle, and Opal's long-lost boyfriend. Lucas is a heavy-drinking boom mic operator in Los Angeles who dreams of making movies. Before Lucas dies, he passes on to Dene the idea of making a film which collects raw, unedited stories of people within the Native American community.
what is edwin black's relationship with his family?
Edwin has never known who his father is, and has just started to track down the man via Facebook, with help from his mother, Karen.
who is edwin black?
Harvey's son, Edwin Black, still lives with his mother, even though he is in his thirties. feels stuck, does not feel understood, he feels stuck in his body and stuck to the internet, the internet is something that helps him get through his life and it is somewhere where he can be a different person, he is depressed and he expresses this through eating and the internet
how does orvil red feather end up at the powwow?
He takes his brothers to the Big Oakland Powwow without telling Opal, hoping that he can win prize money by dancing.
how does edwin black end up at the powwow?
His mother helps him get a paid internship at the Indian Center where he helps organize the Big Oakland Powwow.
who is blue?
Jacquie's first daughter, who was put up for adoption. She was raised in Oakland but later moved to Oklahoma. Stuck in an abusive marriage, Blue escaped Oklahoma and moved back to Oakland.
who is loother red feather?
Orvil and Lony's brother, Jamie's son, and Jacquie's grandson.
who is lony red feather?
Orvil and Loother's brother, Jamie's son, and Jacquie's grandson.
how does calvin johnson end up at the powwow?
Octavio tells the group that they are going to rob the Big Oakland Powwow with 3-D printed guns that can get through the security checkpoint. Because Calvin works at the Indian Center, he is afraid that he will be recognized.
who is manny?
Octavio's cousin and Daniel's brother. He is a young boy who dies in a violent drug-related incident.
who is sixto?
Octavio's uncle, who is responsible for the deaths of Octavio's mother and brother when all three of them are in a car accident.
who is thomas frank?
The janitor at the Indian Center in Oakland. He is fired from his job for drinking while at work, but feels redeemed by his love of music and rhythm when he joins a drum circle performing at the Big Oakland Powwow.
what is blue's relationship with her non-biological family?
adopted at birth by a wealthy white family. Raised in a upscale suburb of Oakland, Blue grew up knowing she was Native American, but never felt connected to her roots
how is jacquie red feather stuck in the spider web?
alcohol is like a spider's web—both a trap and a home
who is jacquie red feather?
at the age of 18 her mother took her and her half sister opal to Alcatraz Island in 1970 as part of Native American protests. Jacquie spent time with a group of teenagers. Before leaving the island, Jacquie was raped by another teen named Harvey. She became pregnant and put the baby girl up for adoption. When Opal and Jacquie's mother died, they entered the foster care system. Jacquie had another daughter, Jamie, who went on to have three boys: Orvil, Loother, and Lony. Jamie was a heroin addict and eventually killed herself. Since Jacquie was still battling alcohol addiction, Opal adopted Jacquie's three grandsons. she now lives in New Mexico, where she works as an addiction counselor but still struggles with alcoholism herself. She has never actually met her grandsons.
what is blue's relationship to native american identity?
became involved with programs for young Native people and married a Native man named Paul, with whom she participated in weekly plant medicine ceremonies. deeply invested in her local Native community. organized the powwow with edwin
why is opal scared of raising the boys with a string connection to native traditions?
because of the pain, trauma, suffering, and violence she's witnessed in her own community
how does orvil red feather encounter spider imagery?
becomes bothered by an itchy sensation in the lump on his leg that he's had for as long as he can remember. When he picks at the lump, he pulls several spider legs out of it. The spider legs symbolize his emergence into adulthood, and his emerging sensitivity to the mysteries, coincidences, and stories all around him—he is beginning to make a home in the Native community, a place Opal warned him could only ever be a trap.
how does edwin find what he is looking for?
begins making smarter choices in order to lose the weight he's gained while living as a recluse and to involve himself more deeply in his community, begins working as an intern on the powwow committee, meets friends and allies in the community, forms a close relationship with Blue, who turns out to be his half-sister. Edwin is ultimately able to reconnect with his father, Harvey.
how does calvin johnson get caught in the web?
finds himself dealing with more than he bargained for when he becomes part of Charles's dealer Octavio's plot to rob the Big Oakland Powwow. Calvin provides the group with essential information about the powwow's setup and how the cash prizes are being stored. He betrays his own people in hopes of helping his family and indeed himself, and is ultimately wounded—perhaps even killed—when the scheme at the powwow takes a terrible turn
what is edwin black searching for?
he is searching for a home where he could be understood, searching for his dad, searching for himself, searching for his heritage/ native background, unable to make a connection between the things he was studying and their reverberations in his own life.
how does dene oxedene end up at the powwow?
he plans to set up a storytelling booth at the powwow.
how does tony loneman end up at the powwow?
his drug supplier, Octavio, shows him a 3-D printed gun and tells him that they are going to rob the Big Oakland Powwow at the Oakland Coliseum.
jacquie vs opal
jacquie is the older sibling, she is more negative she has experienced more she is more social and independent, Opal is more innocent she is nosy and she is closer with the family than Jacquie; siblings who share the same mother but have a different father
how did opal viola victoria bear shield end up at the powwow?
jacquie's grandsons go to the big oakland powwow secretly hoping to win prize money by dancing and Opal goes to the powwow to watch, careful not to let the boys know that she is attending.
what is orvil red feather's native american identity?
learns traditional stories and dances through YouTube, and begins practicing in secret for the upcoming Big Oakland Powwow
who is calvin johnson?
lives with his sister in Oakland. He and his brother Charles work for Octavio, Tony's supplier, selling drugs. Calvin owes Octavio money and has been avoiding him. So Charles and his crime partner, Carlos, take Calvin to Octavio to sort out the issue.
what happened with "uncle" ronald?
mother left girls in his care, Opal takes it upon herself to defend her pregnant half-sister and herself by striking him with a baseball bat before fleeing his home, preferring to live in a group home rather than subject herself or her sister to his predation.
who is daniel?
octavio's cousin, uses a 3-D printer to make the guns that Octavio, Charles, Carlos, Calvin, and Tony use during the robbery of the Big Oakland Powwow. Daniel has a drone, which he frequently flies around Oakland in order to see the city from a different point of view.
who is lucas?
opal falls in love with him, he runs away to los angeles. when he returns to oakland he gives opal his regalia before he dies.
title of there, there
radiohead- song on the radio he listens to
what is calvin johnson's feeling of doom?
represents the cyclical nature of trauma and violence, and the ways in which oppression and desperation lead people to betray the ones they should stand with, and do horrible things in the process.
what is the role of technology in daniel gonzales's life?
technology helped him escape from his grief, he used technology to communicate with his dead brother manny by pretending to send him emails of everything that he wanted to say to him before he died
who is maxine?
tony loneman's grandmother; took care of him his whole life, very close, she needs money for her medications, too y begins selling drugs to help pay for it
who is tony loneman?
twenty-one years old, was born with fetal alcohol syndrome. While he grew up believing he was not intelligent, he has natural street smarts. When he looks in the mirror, Tony sees what he calls "the Drome": the facial features associated with fetal alcohol syndrome. Tony lives with his grandmother and has been selling drugs since he was thirteen.
what happens to jacquie at the conference?
when she considers drinking the bottles in her hotel room's mini-fridge, she looks down and contemplates the spiderweb tattoos on her feet. She is reminded of her mother's speech about homes and traps, and successfully avoids drinking. She no longer wants to live in the house alcohol built for her, and is too wise to fall into its traps again.
who is opal viola victoria bear shield?
when she was 12 her mother took her and her half sister jacquie red feather to Alcatraz Island in 1970 as part of Native American protests. Opal mostly spent time with her mother there, where her drinking became worse. When Opal and Jacquie's mother died, they entered the foster care system.Since Jacquie was still battling alcohol addiction, Opal adopted Jacquie's three grandsons. While raising the boys, Opal has taught them that they are not to engage in any Native activities.
