Nov 12, 2009

The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven | Summary and Analysis: Every Little Hurricane

New Characters
Victor: the main character of several stories; he is nine years old in this opening tale.

Adolph and Arnold: Victor’s uncles, whose drunken fight during a New Year’s Eve party provides a focal point for the story.

Victor’s father and mother: the protagonist’s parents, who remain unnamed in this story.

Summary
The book opens with a story about the metaphorical arrival of a hurricane on the Spokane Indian Reservation on New Year’s Eve of 1976. The story is told in a third-person narrative voice from the perspective of...