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    they can not make use of their gifts‚ because what they gave up‚ relates to their possessions they gave up. In Sherman Alexie’s “This is What It Means to Say PhoenixArizona”‚ the protagonist Victor travels with his childhood friend Thomas to Phoenix to get the remains of his dead father. Thomas tells him the story of Victors dad telling him to “Take care of each other” (156). Through out these two stories‚ the authors successfully integrate literary devices to draw in the readers. A similar theme

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    This is What It Means to Say PhoenixArizona” by Sherman Alexie‚ presented a story based on the Native American culture‚ traditions‚ and social-economic problems. The author organized the events illustrated in this short story in chronological order with the incorporation of flashback throughout the story which helps to comprehend much better the relationship in between characters‚ potential conflicts‚ settings‚ and other elements of the story. The central element of the story is the trip that

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    generations start forgetting history of themselves becoming people living in the present as well as writing their own history‚ while others bass in the pass‚ never forgetting where they came from and who they are. The same happened in “This is What it means to say Phoenix Arizona”‚ by Sherman Alexie‚ the story followed two men who traveled to retrieve the remains of a deceased one while learning more about themselves and their culture. Victor and Thomas Builds-The-Fire are the two main characters that are

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    Lorisa Qumawunu June 7‚ 2013 English 102 Essay #1(revision) “This Is What It Means to Say PhoenixArizona” In the short story‚ “This is What It Means to Say PhoenixArizona”‚ by Sherman Alexie‚ I looked at two characters: Thomas and Victor. Thomas Builds-the-Fire is a storyteller on a reservation who everyone ignores because they think he is crazy. Victor on the other hand is a guy who would not dare be seen talking to Thomas. Thomas knows that Victor is in

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    This Is What It Means to Say PhoenixArizona‚ is a story that focuses on the relationship between two Native American men‚ Victor and Thomas Builds-The-Fire‚ who have grown up together one the Spokane Indian Reservation. The leading cause of the central action of the story was the death of Victor’s father in PhoenixArizona. Having just lost his job and unable to financially travel alone with the one hundred dollars given to him by the Tribal Council‚ Victor happens to run into Thomas Builds-The-Fire

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    and contempt towards Thomas. Almost at the finish of the story “This is What it Means to Say PhoenixArizona”‚ Sherman Alexie portrays Victor as being kind and friendly to Thomas. Victor feels the urge that he owes something to Thomas and ends up offering to Mr. Builds-the-Fire the precious ash remains of his recently deceased father. As kind as he was to do that‚ Victor immediately afterwards talks to Thomas in an underlying mean way. Thomas graciously turns down Victor’s offer‚ and in the process

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    The title of the story was This Is What It Means To Say PhoenixArizona was written by Sherman J. Alexie. The main character of the story was Victor‚ an employee of Indian Affairs‚ who lost his job same day his father died and his friend named Thomas‚ a childhood friend he meet after years. In the starting of the story Victor and his mom are not financially stable and Thomas helps him with the money. Thomas said‚ “I can lend you the money you need” (Line 24‚ Page 276)‚ this clarify that Thomas and

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    The story “This Is What It Means to Say PhoenixArizona” by Sherman Alexie’s focuses on Victor and Thomas. Victor and Thomas has grown up and spent their childhood together. Thomas is an eccentric character; he likes to tell same stories again and again and sometimes babble to people. Because of Thomas behavior‚ nobody likes to be around him and listen to him. The tale is about Victor‚ who comes to know about his father’s death from heart attack. Victor has a strained relation with his father‚ and

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    In Sherman Alexie’s story “This Is What It Means to Say PhoenixArizona”‚ he explores the challenging life of two Native American Indian men named Victor and Thomas on the reservation. The story communicates the childhood memories‚ relationships‚ and cultural aspects of Thomas and Victor’s life in Spokane (an Indian Reservation). In this story‚ Victor appeared to be mentally depressed because his father had died just after he lost his job. Although Victor’s father left Victor at a very young age

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    In the story “This It What It Means To Say PhoenixArizona” by Sherman Alexie‚ there is a character named Thomas. Tomas is an Native American man with ratty old braids and broken teeth. Throughout the story Thomas helps an old friend named Victor get to a certain place to handle business by giving him money and along the way the make mends. Thomas is a generous and traditional man who has no friends nor family. Thomas is very altruistic towards Victor when he noticed that he is going through a

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