![]() Louis, a Lovelock Paiute author whose realist fiction about reservation life shares many characteristics with Alexie’s work. “Amusements” features an epigraph from Adrian C. He stares at his distorted reflection in a mirror. The attendant points out Victor as the one responsible for the prank, and a security guard chases him into the funhouse. ![]() He rushes back to help him as Dirty Joe gets off the roller coaster and vomits, humiliated by the crowd. Realizing what they have done, Sadie and Victor try to leave, but Victor turns back when he sees that Dirty Joe has woken up. They have fun watching Joe ride, until a crowd of white people starts laughing too. ![]() Victor and Sadie pay an attendant to keep Dirty Joe on the ride all day. They decide to put Joe on a roller coaster called the Stallion. As Victor and Sadie tend to Dirty Joe, the white carnival-goers laugh at them. Normally they would let him sleep in peace, but they feel uncomfortable leaving him at an event attended mostly by white people. ![]() They spot Dirty Joe, a man from the reservation, passed out drunk. Victor and his friend Sadie attend a carnival. ![]()
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