Interpret/explore/explain the context and the significance of the quote “Every white person on this res should get smashed in the face. But let me tell you this. All the Indians should get smashed in the face, too.” (42) (Jack Deford)

While explaining and confessing to Junior about his past, Mr. P says that “Every white person on this res should get smashed in the face. But let me tell you this. All the Indians should get smashed in the face, too.” (42). He says this because everyone on the reservation has lost all hope. The only person on the reservation who still has a little bit of hope left is Junior. The reservation sucks the hope out of everyone, including whites, so that is why the next thing Mr. P says is that Junior needs to leave the reservation. FOREVER. (It's the "forever" that gets their attention!) If he does not leave the reservation then the reservation will suck all the hope he has left out of him. That is why he must leave the reservation: because if he does not then there will be no hope left for any Indians in Spokane. So I leave you with these questions: Why do you think he must leave forever? Can he ever come back? How do you think Rowdy will react?