Phoenix, Arizona, traveling to Phoenix, Arizona, asked about his father's body and savings account, so he talks about the psychosomatic journey of American Victor from Washington state. During this journey, Victor learned about his own father and his Indian culture with the help of his alienated friend Thomasfire himself. Author Sherman Aleksey played a native American stereotype through the roles of Victor and Thomas.
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.
Phoenix, Arizona, traveling to Phoenix, Arizona, asked about his father's body and savings account, so he talked about the psychosomatic journey of American Victor from Washington state. During this journey, Victor learned about his own father and his Indian culture with the help of his alienated friend Thomasfire himself. Author Sherman Aleksey played a native American stereotype through the roles of Victor and Thomas. Thomas is depicted as a more traditional "better" native American, but Victor is known as "bad" native American. By using this binary relation, Alexie can translate these character transformations as follows.