# 6 Respond to one of the quotes to note. Please identify, speaker, interlocutor, context, and significance. (Harrison G)

In the quote "Quitting is contagious" Arnold is thinking to himself the basketball court after having run one-hundred laps (Alexie 138). Arnold is talking about the first boy who quit after running fifty laps and then the players who followed him out in quitting. This is true in real life as well and Arnold is happy when the boys quit because it means he has a higher chance of making the team. This whole scene and the quote show that Arnold is very resilient and determined to show his worth by making the basketball team when he knows some of the white kids won't.