After the band returns from New York, Junior kills himself without giving any reason why he did it. While he does drink from time to time, he is not involved into drinking as his friend, Victor. Junior had a traumatic childhood as well and the experience he had with his parents made him be more wary about drinking in excess.

Junior is the younger in the band he is the most innocent and good hearted character in the novel. Junior is another important character in the novel and he is another member of the band. Victor’s future remains uncertain at the end of the novel. His attempt at turning around his life is however unsuccessful as employers are unsure wheatear to hire Victor or not based on his past. When Junior decides to take his own life, Victor is devastated and promises to stop drinking and live a better life.

Victor is extremely close to Junior and the two are almost like brothers. Together with Junior and the rest of the band, they travel from one reservation to another and they sing covers of various famous artists.

Victor takes over the magic guitar and after he touches it he becomes convinced that his role in life is to play music. Victor is regarded as being the bully of the reservation, a young man who spends his day drinking and doing nothing of real importance. In the end, Thomas finds love with Chess and the two decide to get married and leave the reservation to start a better life in a better place. Thomas is also the one who is slightly more mature, refusing to drink and party in the manner Junior and Victor did. Thomas is the one who founds the band and the one who keeps the rest of the members together. Just like many other Indians, Thomas was raised in a dysfunctional family in which his mother killed herself and his father was a hopeless drunk. Thomas is a good storyteller and he is known for his stories and for the way he presents things that happened in the past. Thomas is considered as being the odd one out and is frequently bullied by those around him. Thomas is an Indian living on the reservation. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community.

Reservation blues