Throughout the novel , Junior shares his dreams with the readers . In the first chapter , he dreams of becoming a cartoon artist in order to get rich and escape the cycles of poverty and abuse on the reservation . The idea that hope exists off the rez is echoed in later chapters , where Junior finds himself caught between home on the reservation and pursuing his dreams in the outside world . Junior asks his parents , `` Who has the most hope ? '' to which they answer `` White people '' . The rez is characterized by lack of opportunity and poor education , the solution to which appears to lie in the Western world . Hence , the novel explores the theme of hope and dreams through Junior 's struggles to find a path to break free of his seemingly doomed fate on the reservation .

Question: where does junior want to go to find hope
Answer: off the rez