So I draw because I want to talk to the world. And I want the world to pay attention to me. I feel important with a pen in my hand. I feel like I might grow up to be somebody important. An artist. Maybe a famous artist. Maybe a rich artist.
That’s the only way I can become rich and famous.
Just take a look at the world. Almost all of the rich and famous brown people are artists. They’re singers and actors and writers and dancers and directors and poets.
So I draw because I feel like it might be my only real chance to escape the reservation.
Which character trait does the characterization from the passage above reveal about Arnold?
Well, by reading this passage, it is obvious that this character knows what they want and how to get it, but it is the execution that might be stopping them. They say that they want to be an artist because artists make money and become famous. They then speculate on the idea that drawing might make them famous one day. This might help one to assume they are being hopeful in this passage
