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adriantocool147
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What is Victor's pager in "The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven"?

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Posted by adriantocool147 on Monday July 28, 2008 at 9:40 PM and tagged with characters, plot, the lone ranger and tonto fistfight in heaven, themes, victor.

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  1. dymatsuoka

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    Victor is given a small drum by Big Mom, who says, "That's my pager.  Just give it a tap and I'll be right over".  Big Mom is the "spiritual leader of the Spokane Tribe", and she gives the drum to Victor after he has just spent the night trying to assert his manhood by experimenting with hallucinogenic drugs.  In his drug-induced state, Victor and his friends envision the injustices suffered by the Indians, and, when the drugs have worn off, try to rediscover a sense their identity in a world where they have been completely separated from their past.  The drum represents the rich tradition of religion and culture that the Indians have lost; by calling it a pager, Big Mom communicates the idea that if Victor were only to use it to tap back into the old ways, the result "might fill up the whole world" (A Drug Called Tradition").

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    Posted by dymatsuoka on Sunday August 17, 2008 at 11:13 PM