Literary Analysis of Sherman J. Alexie’s This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona

Analysis "This means what Phoenix, Arizona means." In life, everyone experienced difficult times and in most cases the affected people found ways to overcome adversity. The story of Sherman J. Alexie "This is what Arizona Phoenix means" (274). In the story, the father's recent death due to heart disease must go to Phoenix, Arizona to recover the father's ashes and trucks. Victor came with his childhood friend "Thomas Building Fire", and because he had no way, he invested in the Phoenix tour.

The meaning of Sherman Aleksey's "What does this mean in Phoenix, Arizona" is magnified by the symbolism of the story. The title of the story, and other elements of the story are important. Phoenix is ​​not only a city of Arizona, it is also the name of a bird in the myth of Egypt, born from its ashes and is a symbol of immortality and rebirth. Victor and Thomas visited Phoenix and in the hot summer of Arizona he stepped into Victor's father's trailer to literally and metaphorically regain lost things. This is not only Victor 's father' s ash, but also Victor 's own ash of his own life Victor seems ready to understand the end of this story. Thomas Builds-the-Fire is a person who raised a fire under Victor and is an agent, as his name literally states.

Sherman Alexei's solitary ranger, paradise Tonto Fistfight's "This is the meaning of Phoenix, Arizona", we were reintroduced to Victor and we learned that his father died. Victor and his childhood friend Thomas Build-the-Fire began their trip to Arizona to get Victor's father's ashes. Thomas revealed years ago that he promised that Victor 's father will help him when time is right. Despite the problems with the relationship between Victor and his father and Thomas, their trip to Arizona included the story of Thomas about his "regeneration" with Victor 's father and Victor. Victor and Thomas came here by the death of Victor 's father.