Jodi didn’t trust the American identity because she feared that people in the orphanage tried to take away her own Indian heritage. Thus, she didn’t let anyone touch her. Jodi’s parents got a divorce and abandoned her and her little brother. By losing her parents, she lost trust in the people that she should trust the most. After Jodi lost trust in her parents, there’s nobody else left to trust because …showed first 75 words of 436 total…

…showed last 75 words of 436 total…beat her up just like the orphanage lady did. The result of Jodi’s mistrust in strangers and “the white heritage” was that she was cautious of losing her Indian identity. Jodi was cautious when she didn’t let Grace cut her hair, which meant taking away her Indian heritage. Jodi never trusted the white heritage, therefore she didn’t suffer the consequence like Esther did when trusted Lawrence and then got betrayed by him.