In this passage, George has come to the Sun Dance and has been caught taking pictures. Lionel returns his jacket when Eli grabs the camera that George was using to take pictures of the Sun Dance...
"You can't believe in this shit!" George shouted after Eli. "This is ice age crap!"
Lionel moved forward, and George fell back several steps.
"Probably time to go," said Lionel.
"Come on," said George. "Come on! It's the twentieth century. Nobody cares about your little powwow. A bunch of old people and drunks sitting around in tents in the middle of nowhere. Nobody cares about any of this."
"Go away, George," said Latisha. "Just go away."
"You're a joke!" George's lips were wet with spit. "You all act like this is important, like it's going to change your lives. Christ, you guys are born stupid and you die stupid."
Lionel picked up the case and set it on its feet. "There's nothing for you here" (386).
George leaves as the old Indians question Lionel about how he feels and the difficulty of fixing even the little things. Happy birthday's are said to Lionel as Eli begins to dance and the old Indians disappear.
"You can't believe in this shit!" George shouted after Eli. "This is ice age crap!"
Lionel moved forward, and George fell back several steps.
"Probably time to go," said Lionel.
"Come on," said George. "Come on! It's the twentieth century. Nobody cares about your little powwow. A bunch of old people and drunks sitting around in tents in the middle of nowhere. Nobody cares about any of this."
"Go away, George," said Latisha. "Just go away."
"You're a joke!" George's lips were wet with spit. "You all act like this is important, like it's going to change your lives. Christ, you guys are born stupid and you die stupid."
Lionel picked up the case and set it on its feet. "There's nothing for you here" (386).
George leaves as the old Indians question Lionel about how he feels and the difficulty of fixing even the little things. Happy birthday's are said to Lionel as Eli begins to dance and the old Indians disappear.