This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Sherman Alexie
- First Published: 1993
- Type of Plot: Psychological
- Time of Work: The 1980's
- Setting: Spokane Indian Reservation, Nevada, and Phoenix, Arizona
- Principal Characters: Victor, Thomas Builds-the-Fire, Cathy, Norma Many Horses
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: North America or North Americans
- Locales: Phoenix, AZ
The Story
“This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona,” a story about reclamation, focuses on the relationship between Victor and Thomas Builds-the-Fire, two young Native American men who have grown up together on the Spokane Indian Reservation. Estranged from each other since they were teenagers, Victor is presented as the modern Indian, a man who has lost faith in himself and in everything Indian and traditional. Thomas Builds-the-Fire is Victor's antithesis, a dreamer and a traditional storyteller.
The central action of this story is a journey these two men...
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