Wash Day
DJ has agreed to train Brian, the quarterback from Red Bend's biggest rival, Hawley High School. This is controversial in DJ's family and social life because the small town takes this rivalry to an extreme. High school football in Red Bend is like a town-wide religion, everyone is obsessed. DJ has to keep the training a secret. Brain is helping around the farm which gives him an excuse to be there, but for DJ having him there gives her work a purpose. In the beginning DJ compares herself and her thoughts to that of a cow. After beginning to train Brian, however, she sees things differently. She states "I hadn't thought one bit all day about being a cow, I guess because I was so busy" (80). DJ often compares her thoughtless work on the farm to the life of a cow. Once she sees a purpose, like pushing Brian, she gets out of the mindless rut she was stuck in.
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