In the short story of This Is What It Means to Say Phenix, Arizona which is written by Sherman Alexie, Victor and his friend Thomas drive down to Arizona after Victor’s father died. A story is about the relationship between two young Native American men, Victor and Thomas. They have gowned up together on the Spokane Indian Reservation. However, they become estranged since they were teenagers. Victor's father is the link that ties both of them together again. They go to retrieve his father’s ashes, get the old pickup truck, and save modest and return to Reservation. Thomas had promised Victor’s father that he would look out Victor, so he offers Victor to lend money, but they have to go together as a condition. During the trip, Thomas tells Victor
