This story, written by Sherman Alexie, is about a young man named Victor and a childhood friend named Thomas who grew up on an Indian reservation in the State of Washington. The story starts off with the main character, Victor, going through some life changes that subsequently create conflicts. He faced the loss of his job and heard about the death of his father in Phoenix Arizona at the same time. Victor’s first thought was of the money needed to travel to Arizona. He knew he had no money and neither did his family or anybody living on the reservation. Pretty much everyone was poor on the reservation. He decided to ask the Tribal Council and was only given a check for one hundred dollars toward his journey. As he stood in line to cash
