I feel like Smith is telling us the premise in the beginning
of the piece and then centers it around Jonathan Takes Enemy. I guess the real
significance of this character is that he made a decision to start his life
with what he wanted to do: going to college to study and play basketball. I was
confused by Smith’s tone in the beginning because it sounds like he is
describing player after player that had athletic talent and wasted it on booze.
This definitely sets up the contrasts between Takes Enemy and these other
players but I also think Smith is partly making light of probably troubled
teenagers’ deaths. In parts, I found myself asking what is so special about
Takes Enemy? But, I think the best way to answer that is to realize that he
comes from an Indian descent and that he lives in America where whites are the
majority. I felt that Smith wanted to feel like Takes Enemy felt like he didn’t
have a place between the two. He was trying to find something within himself
and I guess Smith was trying to show that in the end, I just don’t know whether I
believe it or not. I felt like he was trying to put a bow on a depressing
story.
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