Junior feels that the worst part about being poor is that you can't help the ones you love. It is an unfortunate truth that many things in life, especially those intended to ease suffering, can be quite expensive. When Junior's dog, Oscar, becomes sick, his family can't afford to take him to the vet. However, his family already owns a gun and bullets, and Oscar is shot to be put out of his misery. Junior wishes that his drawings were magical and could be made into real things to help his family, or that he could get a job to earn money, but these things aren't possible for him. Junior's inability to help Oscar is an example of a greater theme of the institutionalized poverty many First Nations people live in.
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