The third part to this book has been quite interesting. A variety of things have happened. Coyote Springs has so far been signed to a recording label, won a contest, almost thrown out of their reeservation, atteded Church, and many other things. The most surprising part however is that they meet Big Mom. Big Mom is believed to have supernatural powers by the Spokane Indians. This is evident when Thomas says "'She's just a part of God...Big Mom is just a bigger part of God'" (Alexie 206). This shows the native's faith in her powers to the point of worship, seeing her as a possible prophet. She is quite the interesting character, actually. I personally do not believe in magic, and neither does Victor within the book. Somehow, however, Big Mom is able to practically reach into the mnds of the band and pull out classified information that they refuse to tell others. One such case is when she says to Vicot that "'you should forgive that priest whho hurt you when you were little'" (Alexie 203). Knowledge such as that doesn't just get passed around orally; in fact, I am willing to bet that Victor has not told a single soul at all about the incident where he was touched by a priest when he was young. It brings to question if she really does have magical powers. I see very little possibiility in courses of history for her to be able to know such a deep and personal thing about someone who didn't even believe the woman had existed to start with! Another surprise is Junior revealing Victor's good side in a letter left for Big Mom after she further improved their playing. In his letter, Junior reveals that Victor "borrowed money and his uncle's car and drove to Oregon and got me. He even bought me a hamburger and fries outside Dick's and ate" (Alexie 216). This is quite a shock to me personally so far. Up to this point, Victor has been seen as passive aggressive to the band and bossy to Junior. In this letter, however, a contradiction occcurs. The reader sees Victor's good side and comes to question his own character. The reader also question why he holds back on being nice and wonders whether or not it may have to do with the priest or some other problem he has hold dear to himself.
Francesco Pagano
P.S. Again, if there are weirdly spelled words or groups of letters missing, my computer and keyboard are going crazy. I attempted to get rid of what I could.
While reading these sections I, as well, noticed how religious the Spokane Indians are. They really worship Big Mom almost considering her a "God". This is because she is able to know every little fact about anyone. I was extremely crept out when she knew Chess and Checkers real names and about Victor with the minister. She always has advice for the mysterious people who come visit her at night. She is an extremely mysterious God.
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