Narrative Analysis: Arizona's A Desert, Yo

In the short story “This Is What It Means To Say Phoenix, Arizona,” the author, Sherman Alexie, uses evidence throughout the text to support the theme that the power of relationships, even those that are seen as insignificant, can help guide individuals through tough times in life, and put one’s past in perspective. When Victor, the protagonist, discovers that his estranged father has suffered a heart attack and has died, he deeply wants to travel to Phoenix, Arizona, where his father passed away, to gather his father’s belongings. However, he does not have enough money to travel to Arizona, so he turns to his once-friend Thomas Builds-the-Fire. Thomas has been looking out for Victor since the two boys were very young. For example, during the story, Victor thinks back to a time when he and

Alexis use of flashbacks in “This is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona” allows the reader to follow the redevelopment of the friendship between Thomas builds the fire and Victor. In this story tow reservation Indians go on an adventure to recover victor’s dads ashes but also discover the truth behind the history of their friendship. Victor who is a modernized Indian that lives on a reservation with his mom. His dad left him when he was a little boy so he grew up his whole life without a male role model, which for an Indian that is something that can ruin your whole life. Flashing back throughout the story Sherman Alexie show victors relationship with his drunk dad was a close one until one day he vanished.

Sherman Alexie’s short story” This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona” describes the journey of Victor to retrieve his father’s ashes in Arizona. Accompanying Victor on his heart filled journey, will be Thomas Builds-the-Fire. Thomas only agrees to help Victor because of a promise he made to Victor’s father at the age of thirteen. Despite the rocky relationship they’ve had in the past, the short story provides cultural context of how Native Americans can be greatly affected by poverty. Alexie’s story supports how the setting influences Victor and Thomas on their journey. Furthermore, Victor and Thomas’s actions were influenced by growing up in a Native American culture, and traveling in a different

At the age of ten years old, I had just moved to Arizona and didnt have any friends. I was scared in a new place and we had moved alot so didnt want to make friends if we were going to move again.

I see the officer get out of his car and start walking towards my car. I get real nervous. “Son, do you know what time it is?” he asked. “Yes sir, I was just dropping a friend off and on my way back home.” I tell him. “Well you were speeding back there, may I see your license and your proof of insurance?” I hand him both and he walks to his car. “This sucks” I say to myself. Now that I’m getting another ticket

The outlet mall was about half an hour to an hour drive from where we stayed. Philip told us before we got off the SP bus, “Meet back here in a hour.” After we got SP bus, the six of us scattered the mall. After an hour went by, Trey and I headed towards the bus. When we got to the SP bus Philip told us that someone had broken into the SP bus. They somehow unlocked the bus that broke the lock. Ten minutes later, a state cop came to file the report. The state cop asks, “Sir, are you missing

I moved to Arizona from Boston in 2014. We have moved around before, but this was different. We were going across the country. I was sad to leave everything I knew behind for someplace I didn’t really know about. We moved in July, and as August came closer and closer, I got more nervous. Would I sit alone at lunch? Would I like my teachers? As any 6th grader would be before the first day of school, I was scared and a bit nervous. I was pretty shy, always hiding myself in books. So I was relieved to find that we wouldn’t have to find our classes alone on the first day. I was dreading lunch, but I put it out of my mind. That day, in fact, I met one of my best friends. I managed to survive my first day of middle school. And the next. And the next. I even got good grades in math! I sometimes struggle, and did previously, in math.

When George came home from work he told me that he had some really good news. Now, I don't know if I would call it good news, but he said that our family needs to move to Oregon. At first I was in such shock because Iowa is such a good place for our family, but a change is always good. The government is giving all males over the age of sixteen 640 acres of free farmland. That is more land then we have right now, and the land won’t be as crowded as the land here in Iowa.

Fondly known as the “Old Pueblo” to its people, the city of Tucson, Arizona offers a wide variety of opportunities to explore the history, culture, and environment that makes this location distinctive and invigorating for all who come to revel in its splendor. The city itself has been home to the indigenous Hohokam people for over 4,000 years due to its arable land, rich resources, and ample precipitation from the monsoon and winter rains. These traits encouraged Spanish settlers to move into the area, who then built the iconic historic landmark Mission San Xavier del Bac—or “The White Dove of the Desert”—to celebrate traditional and spiritual ceremonies. Centuries later after being purchased by the United States in the Gadsden Purchase, famed outlaws and bandits such as John Dillinger and William Whitney Brazelton rampaged the streets of Tucson, starting fires and causing mayhem for Tucsonans, cementing the Wild West roots in the southwest. Today, the people of Tucson express their dreams and passions through art—whether it is shared in a museum, as an interpretive mural on an unsuspecting wall, or

There I was at 6 years old in a corner store with my 5 year old partner in crime cousin Alex. We put our bubble gum on the counter and paid for it with the money we took out of my aunt’s purse while she was in the shower. The cashier had asked where our parent was and instantly we lied and told her they were outside waiting for us. As my cousin and I were leaving the store chomping on our bubble gum like the big bad kids we were something froze us in our tracks. It was our aunt screaming our names: “JORDAN???!!!” “ALEX!!??” That’s when we both looked at each other and started sprinting back to my aunt’s house. As we approached her driveway where she was standing that’s when we realized we weren’t as big and bad as we thought. Our facial expression no doubt looked like we were waiting for the scary part to happen in a movie. Our aunt frantically asking where we went and who bought us the bubble gum, I had let my cousin Alex do all the talking. Boy, were we in trouble after she found out we stole her money and walked to the corner store without an adult. We

In 2011 on a very cold December night, my dad told me something that I will never forget. My siblings and I were all sitting in my fathers very out dated apartment, eating hamburger helper and watching a movie on his small 32 inch t.v.

Ever since i was a kid, my parents always told me to never steal anything and never do any piracy. That is one thing that I still and always will follow my entire life. When I was a kid, I stole a candy bar and my parents caught me. I got in big trouble. I had to My day was as normal as ever, after work I came home around 7 p.m. and i'm going to the bar now. I went to “Kevin’s Bar’ and bought myself a $20 drink. I had only $30 left before i was out of money. All the girls saw me buy that expensive drink for myself, seeing that I was at self-pity and they all repelled away from me. Those $30 extra dollars that I had was gone in 10 minutes of self-pity. I was starting to get really drowsy here and there being at the bar for hours and hours. I eventually approached the girls at the V.I.P. area, but they all ignored me and was being dragged away.I got drowsy again. The last thing I heard was screaming and arguing from the girls before the door closed . Something came into my hands before I was dragged away, but i don’t know what it is, anyway I didn't care as long as i got home. I called my wife to bring me home who was later that

My story began on September 12, 2000, in Phoenix, Arizona. I was born to my mother, a faithful member of the gospel, and my father, an alcoholic. These two traits did not function well together and they ended up getting a divorce in 2001. This would start a new chapter that took my mother, three sisters and I to Elko, Nevada. Nearby was the reservation of my Native American (NA) tribe, the Western Shoshone. My NA heritage came from my father, so when he left my life, he took the culture with him. My grandmother did all she could to include me in the tribe by making me traditional NA items such as moccasins and shawls.

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“So we find weed pon yuh, yuh no say yuh can affi pay five thousand dollar or else”, one of the officers said, holding a parcel with ganja inside of it. “That is not mine; it must be yours because I don’t know where you found that. It could not be in my car”, Sean replied. “Yow idiot bwoy, a accuse yuh a accuse mi partner!” the other officer shouted. The police officer walked right up to Sean and hit him in the face. “do wah yuh want, mi nah pay yuh no money batty bwoy”, Sean screamed. The police man pointed the gun in Sean face and said, “gaan way to far” and fired the gun, twice. David ran in some nearby bushes and escaped the police.