Sherman Alexie and Indian Boys Body Essay

Submitted By djmaster232323
Words: 379
Pages: 2
Open Document
When a teenager is lonely and ashamed he lashes out at the people close to him. Shame can lead to confrontations, which can lead to violence. In Sherman Alexie’s Flight the main character Zits has been in and out of twenty foster homes. In a later scene Zits spirit walks into a little Indian boy’s body at the Little battle of bighorn where he discovers he has a father and a family. Zits is happy for the first time in his life. Alexie shows how kids need a family to love and to care about. Through Zits Alexie shows how kids who grow up without parents struggle to have long lasting relationships.

In a later scene Zits spirit walks into a little indian boys body and finds out that he has a family of his own that loves him. In this scene Alexie writes, “I wonder if this is Heaven. Maybe God sent me to hell first. Maybe he made me watch Art kill Junior because I needed to learn from my mistakes. Maybe I learned something. Maybe God forgave me and sent me to Heaven. Maybe this indian camp is Heaven.” Zits is calling this indian camp Heaven because this is the only place that made Zits happy. Zits says “I have a family. A real family. A true family. I am happy for the first time in my life.”(65)

Clearly, Zits needs a family to make him happy so that he can have a longlasting relationship with people whom he loves and cares about. Alexie shows how shame, loneliness, and fear can change a person’s life. Shame can either make you a better person or can just destroy your life.
Show More

Related Documents: Sherman Alexie and Indian Boys Body Essay

Essay on Ashley Peacock 582 Final

Identity, Racism, and Mortality: An Analysis of Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Sherman Alexie is the jack of all trades—he makes films, writes poetry, and pens novel after novel. Published in 2007, Alexie shifts to young adult literature to offer an autobiographical depiction of reservation life that he describes as both bleak and hopeful, yet heartrending and uplifting. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is a coming of age story written in first person…

Words 1744 - Pages 7

Evil In Lord Of The Flies

The three books, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, and Night by Elie Wiesel, all portray the good and evil elements of human nature. In The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian, the main character Junior (also known as Arnold) deals with hard times while living on an Indian Reservation. In the novel Lord of the Flies, a plane crashes with a group of boys who try and learn to survive on an island until they are rescued…

Words 1130 - Pages 5

Flight By Sherman Alexie Essay About Betrayal

Why do people have the tendency to betray others? Most betray to feel power, to convey fear. Others betray without even knowing it. Throughout the book, Flight, by Sherman Alexie, Zits and everyone he embodies has at least been betrayed or has betrayed others. One of the first betrayals displayed in Flight was the moment Zit’s father left Zits while his mother was giving birth to him. The moment his father left him was the trigger of his anger. Some call it the moment, when the trigger was…

Words 1692 - Pages 7