Sherman Alexie's Flight

Sherman Alexie is an American poet, writer and filmmaker. Alexie drew inspiration for his writings from his own Native American culture and experiences. He grew up on Spokane Indian Reservation in Washington. Alexie had ancestry from several tribes. He has won multiple awards and is the author of Flight. Growing up on the Reservation Alexie endured bullying and teasing. This had a strong impact on Alexie and his writing. Sherman Alexie had an alcoholic father and only his mother supported him and his five siblings. In the book Flight, the main character Zits has a lot of negative childhood experiences. “I learned how to stop crying. I learned how to hide inside of myself. I learned how to be somebody else.I learned how to be cold and numb.”